Jérôme Rivière is a French politician. and now lawyer member of the Paris Bar Association since 2006

A former member of DL

Liberal Democracy (France)

Liberal Democracy was a French political party that advocated conservative liberalism and liberal conservatism, headed by Alain Madelin. The party replaced in 1997 the Republican Party, which was the classical liberal component of the Union for French Democracy .It became independent in 1998,...

 and then the UMP

Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

, he supported the right-wing, eurosceptic

EuroSceptic

EuroSceptic is the second album of British singer Jack Lucien. It was released in October 2009.Due to being an album influenced by Europop, it features songs with parts in different languages...

, souverainiste

Raymond Domenech

Raymond Domenech is a retired French footballer and the former manager of the France national team.-2006 World Cup:On 12 July 2004, Domenech was a surprise choice to succeed Jacques Santini after the country's disappointing exit from UEFA Euro 2004 by losing in the quarter-final match to the...

 Movement for France

Movement for France

The Movement for France , abbreviated to MPF, is a French conservative and eurosceptic political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked regional stronghold in the Vendée. It is led by Philippe de Villiers, once communications minister under Jacques Chirac.The party is considered...

 presidential candidacy of Philippe de Villiers

Philippe de Villiers

Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, born on 25 March 1949, is a French politician. He was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top...

 in 2007.

He represented Alpes Maritimes' 1st constituency

Alpes Maritimes' 1st constituency

The 1st constituency of the Alpes Maritimes is a French legislative constituency in the Alpes Maritimes département. It covers the centre-east of the city of Nice, and had 90,656 inhabitants at the last count.-2007: -Sources:...

 from 2002 to 2007 as a member of the UMP, part first of The Free Right

The Free Right

The Free Right is a liberal-conservative faction within the Union for a Popular Movement founded and led by Rachid Kaci and Alexandre del Valle...

 faction and then the National Centre of Independents and Peasants

National Centre of Independents and Peasants

The National Centre of Independents and Peasants is a liberal-conservative and conservative-liberal political party in France, founded in 1949 by the merger of the National Centre of Independents with the...

, a party formerly affiliated with the UMP. However, he endorsed MPF candidate Philippe de Villiers

Philippe de Villiers

Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, born on 25 March 1949, is a French politician. He was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top...

 in the French presidential election, 2007

French presidential election, 2007

The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term.The winner, decided on 5 and 6 May 2007, was Nicolas Sarkozy...

 over his party's candidate, the eventual winner, Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy

Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....

. He was defeated running as a right-wing independent in his constituency against the UMP's official candidate and eventual winner Éric Ciotti

Éric Ciotti

Éric Ciotti is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Alpes-Maritimes department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He is also the President of the general council for the Alpes-Maritimes département since December 2008.-References:...

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In 2009, the MPF-Libertas

Libertas France

Libertas France is the name given to the activities of Declan Ganley's Libertas Party in France. Unlike Libertas in other countries, Libertas France was not a political party in its own right...

 selected him to lead the list in the Île-de-France

Île-de-France (European Parliament constituency)

In European elections, Île-de-France is a constituency of the European Parliament. It consists of the region of Île-de-France.-2009:-2004:Brackets indicate the number of votes per seat won....

 constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections

European Parliament election, 2009 (France)

European elections to elect 72 French Members of the European Parliament were held on Sunday 7 June 2009.Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats...

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Rivière is an alumnus of the ISG

Institut supérieur de gestion

The ISG business school or Institut Superieur de Gestion, is a business school, based in Paris, France.It was founded in 1967 by a group of French CEOs led by Pierre-Alexandre Dumas....

business school.