Philippe Cochet
Encyclopedia
Philippe Cochet is a French
politician
.
He has been a member of the French National Assembly
since 2002, most recently re-elected in 2007 for the Rhône department. He is a member of the mainstream conservative party, the UMP
.
He is a member of the National Assembly
Committee on foreign relations, and the President of the France
-Iran
Parliamentary
Committee.
Within the UMP
, Philippe Cochet is part of the libertarian
faction called The Reformers
. He has been one of the 21 members of the UMP
National Committee (Comité directeur) since July 2007.
He is also, since March 2008, the mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire
, a city in the Northern suburbs of Lyon
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
.
He has been a member of the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
since 2002, most recently re-elected in 2007 for the Rhône department. He is a member of the mainstream conservative party, 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 is a member of the National Assembly
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
Committee on foreign relations, and the President of the France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
Parliamentary
French National Assembly
The French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
Committee.
Within 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...
, Philippe Cochet is part of the libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
faction called The Reformers
The Reformers
The Reformers is a libertarian and liberal faction within the Union for a Popular Movement .The Reformers supported laissez-faire and a free market economy. It is led by Hervé Novelli and most members of it come from Liberal Democracy , a right-liberal party which merged into the UMP in 2002...
. He has been one of the 21 members of 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...
National Committee (Comité directeur) since July 2007.
He is also, since March 2008, the mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire
Caluire-et-Cuire
Caluire-et-Cuire is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Lyon, and lies adjacent to its north side. It is a component commune of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lyon.-External links:...
, a city in the Northern suburbs of Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
.