Maël de Calan

Maël de Calan
Maël de Calan
	De Calan in 2024
President of the Departmental Council of Finistère
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2021
Preceded by	Nathalie Sarrabezolles
Personal details
Born	30 April 1980 (age 44); Marseille, France
Political party	Soyons libres (since 2018)
Other political; affiliations	Rally for the Republic (1998–2002); Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015); The Republicans (2015–2019)

Maël de Calan (born 30 April 1980) is a French politician serving as president of the Departmental Council of Finistère since 2021.^[1] He has been a member of the departmental council since 2015, and has served as a municipal councillor of Roscoff since 2014.^[2]

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De Calan was born in Marseille in 1980,^[3] and joined the Rally for the Republic at the age of 18.^[4]^[5] While studying at Sciences Po in 2002, he was the last leader of its Rally for the Republic branch, and the first leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch.^[6] He later studied at HEC Paris, where he served as leader of its Union for a Popular Movement branch.^[3]^[4] He was a co-leader of the La Boîte à idées motion at the 2012 party congress, and was appointed member of its political bureau in 2013.^[7] He was elected municipal councillor of Roscoff in 2014, and was elected member of the Departmental Council of Finistère in 2015.^[2]

In 2016, de Calan was elected leader of The Republicans in Finistère.^[8] Ahead of the party's 2016 presidential primary, he served as spokesperson for Alain Juppé.^[9] He was a candidate for leader of The Republicans in the 2017 election, and finished third to Laurent Wauquiez and Florence Portelli.^[10] In the 2017 legislative election, he was a candidate for Finistère's 4th constituency.^[11] He joined Soyons libres in February 2018, and was appointed as its vice president.^[12] In August 2018, he stood down as leader of The Republicans in Finistère, and endorsed Philippe Paul as his successor.^[13] He left The Republicans in 2019, alongside Valérie Pécresse.^[14]

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"Maël de Calan prend la tête du département du Finistère" (in French). France Bleu. 1 July 2021.
[2]
"Portrait. Maël de Calan, l'homme pressé de la droite modérée". Ouest-France (in French). 30 June 2021.
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"Maël de Calan, la droite pouponne". Libération (in French). 4 December 2017.
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"Présidence LR : Maël de Calan, le juppéiste qui n'est pas candidat des juppéistes" (in French). RTL. 6 December 2017.
[5]
"Finistère : qui est Maël de Calan, le nouveau président du département ?" (in French). France Bleu. 30 June 2021.
[6]
"10 choses à savoir sur Maël de Calan, le juppéiste qui défie Wauquiez". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 5 September 2017.
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"Maël de Calan au bureau politique de l'UMP". Ouest-France (in French). 10 April 2013.
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"Les Républicains. Sans surprise Maël de Calan élu président finistérien". Le Télégramme (in French). 1 February 2016.
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"Départementales 2021. Qui est Maël de Calan, le futur président du Finistère" (in French). France Info. 28 June 2021.
[10]
"Présidence LR : une défaite sans appel pour Maël de Calan" (in French). France Info. 11 December 2017.
[11]
"Résultats législatives Finistère: L'espoir de la droite Maël de Calan battu par une éleveuse de 26 ans". 20 minutes (in French). 18 July 2017.
[12]
"Florence Portelli et Maël de Calan rejoignent Valérie Pécresse à Libres!". Le Figaro (in French). 16 February 2018.
[13]
"Les Républicains. Maël de Calan quitte la présidence dans le Finistère". Ouest-France (in French). 1 August 2018.
[14]
"Finistère. Maël de Calan quitte Les Républicains". Ouest-France (in French). 1 August 2018.

[1] [1]
"Maël de Calan prend la tête du département du Finistère" (in French). France Bleu. 1 July 2021.

[Presse-2] [2]
"Portrait. Maël de Calan, l'homme pressé de la droite modérée". Ouest-France (in French). 30 June 2021.

[Liberation-3] [3]
"Maël de Calan, la droite pouponne". Libération (in French). 4 December 2017.

[RTL-4] [4]
"Présidence LR : Maël de Calan, le juppéiste qui n'est pas candidat des juppéistes" (in French). RTL. 6 December 2017.

[5] [5]
"Finistère : qui est Maël de Calan, le nouveau président du département ?" (in French). France Bleu. 30 June 2021.

[6] [6]
"10 choses à savoir sur Maël de Calan, le juppéiste qui défie Wauquiez". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 5 September 2017.

[7] [7]
"Maël de Calan au bureau politique de l'UMP". Ouest-France (in French). 10 April 2013.

[8] [8]
"Les Républicains. Sans surprise Maël de Calan élu président finistérien". Le Télégramme (in French). 1 February 2016.

[9] [9]
"Départementales 2021. Qui est Maël de Calan, le futur président du Finistère" (in French). France Info. 28 June 2021.

[10] [10]
"Présidence LR : une défaite sans appel pour Maël de Calan" (in French). France Info. 11 December 2017.

[11] [11]
"Résultats législatives Finistère: L'espoir de la droite Maël de Calan battu par une éleveuse de 26 ans". 20 minutes (in French). 18 July 2017.

[12] [12]
"Florence Portelli et Maël de Calan rejoignent Valérie Pécresse à Libres!". Le Figaro (in French). 16 February 2018.

[13] [13]
"Les Républicains. Maël de Calan quitte la présidence dans le Finistère". Ouest-France (in French). 1 August 2018.

[14] [14]
"Finistère. Maël de Calan quitte Les Républicains". Ouest-France (in French). 1 August 2018.

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Maël de Calan
De Calan in 2024

President of the Departmental Council of Finistère
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2021
Preceded by	Nathalie Sarrabezolles

Personal details
Born	(1980-04-30) 30 April 1980 (age 44) Marseille, France
Political party	Soyons libres (since 2018)
Other political affiliations	Rally for the Republic (1998–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2019)