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{{Short description|French politician (born 1964)}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}}
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{{ infobox Politician
| name = Luc Chatel
| image = Luc Chatel par Claude Truong-Ngoc août 2015.jpg
| caption = Luc Chatel in 2015
| office = [[Minister of National Education (France)|Minister of National Education]]
| term_start = 23 June 2009
| term_end = 16 May 2012
| president = [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| primeminister = [[François Fillon]]
| predecessor = [[Xavier Darcos]]
| successor = [[Vincent Peillon]]
| office2 = [[List of Government spokesperson of France|Government Spokespeople]]
| term_start2 = 18 March 2008
| term_end2 = 13 November 2010
| president2 = [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]
| primeminister2 = [[François Fillon]]
| predecessor2 = [[Laurent Wauquiez]]
| successor2 = [[François Baroin]]
| office3 = Member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]<br />for [[Haute-Marne's 1st constituency]]
| term_start3 = 19 June 2012
| term_end3 = 19 June 2017
| predecessor3 = [[Sophie Delong]]
| successor3 = [[Bérangère Abba]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|08|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bethesda, Maryland]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| education = [[Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne]]
| party = [[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]<br>[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]]
}}

'''Luc-Marie Chatel''' ({{IPA|fr|lyk maʁi ʃatɛl|lang}}) (born 15 August 1964) is a [[Politics of France|French politician]] of the [[The Republicans (France)|Republicans]] (LR) who served as [[Minister of National Education (France)|Minister of National Education]] in the [[Third Fillon government|government]] of [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] [[François Fillon]] from June 2009 to May 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/malgre-la-prise-d-otages-le-ministre-de-l-education-luc-chatel-ne-veut-pas-d-ecole-bunker-14-12-2010-1274891_23.php|title=Malgré la prise d'otages, le ministre de l'Éducation Luc Chatel ne veut pas "d'école-bunker", actualité Société : Le Point|date=14 December 2010|work=[[Le Point]]|language=French|accessdate=18 February 2011}}</ref> In 2014, he served as the acting chair of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP).<ref>Benjamin Mallet and Laurence Frost (22 June 2014), [https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-alstom-ge-deal-idUKKBN0EX0U820140622 France secures Alstom stake option ahead of GE tie-up] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref><ref>Bruno Jeudy (10 June 2014), [https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/UMP-le-triumvirat-prend-la-direction-provisoire-avec-Chatel-671068 UMP : le triumvirat prend la direction provisoire avec Chatel] ''[[Le Journal du Dimanche]]''.</ref>

Also, Chatel served as the [[Secretary of state]] for [[Consumer Affairs]] and [[Tourism]] from June 2007 to March 2008, and [[List of Government spokespeople of France|Government's Spokesman]] from June 2009 until November 2010.

==Political career==

'''Governmental functions'''

* Minister of National Education, Youth and Voluntary : 2010–2012.
* Minister of National Education, government's spokesman : 2009–2010.
* Secretary of State for Industry and Consumer Affairs, government's spokesman : 2008–2009.
* Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs and Tourism : 2007–2008.

'''Electoral mandates'''

'''''National Assembly of France'''''

* Member of the [[National Assembly of France]] for [[Haute-Marne]] (1st constituency) : 2002-2007 (Became Secretary of State in 2007) / 2012–2017. Elected in 2002, reelected in 2007, 2012.

'''''Regional Council'''''

* Vice-president of the Regional Council of [[Champagne-Ardenne]] : 1998–2004.
* Regional councillor of [[Champagne-Ardenne]] : 1998–2010. Reelected in 2004.

'''''Municipal Council'''''

* [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Chaumont, Haute-Marne|Chaumont]] : 2008-2013 (Resignation).
* [[Municipal council (France)|Municipal councillor]] of Chaumont : 1996-2002 (Resignation). 2008–2014. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
* Municipal councillor of [[Bayard-sur-Marne]] : 1993–1995.

'''''Community of Communes Council'''''

* President of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 200–2014.
* Member of the Communes Community of the Pays chaumontais : 2008–2014.

'''Political function'''

* Spokesman of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] : 2002–2007.

==Political positions==
Within the UMP, Chatel initially was part of [[The Reformers|Les Réformateurs]], the party’s liberal wing.

From August 2012, Chatel – alongside [[Jean-Pierre Raffarin]], [[Jean Leonetti]] and [[Marc Laffineur]] – led ''[[Modern and Humanist France]]'' (''France moderne et humaniste''), a recognized [[Union for a Popular Movement#Factions|movement]] within the UMP. In the UMP's [[2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election|2012 leadership election]], he endorsed [[Jean-François Copé]].<ref>James Regan (26 August 2012), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-ump-idUSBRE87P03120120826 Cope takes on Fillon in race to lead France's UMP] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

Ahead of the [[The Republicans (France)|Republicans]]’ [[2016 The Republicans (France) presidential primary|2016 primaries]], Chatel endorsed [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] as the party’s candidate for [[2017 French presidential election|2017 presidential elections]].<ref>Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/primaire-a-droite-la-liste-des-premiers-soutiens-parlementaires Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires] ''[[L'Opinion (French newspaper)|L’Opinion]]''.</ref><ref>Ingrid Melander and Sophie Loue (2 November 2016), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN12X2AA France's Sarkozy steps up attacks on Juppe, lags in polls] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231192829/http://www.gouvernement.fr/gouvernement/luc-chatel Official biography at the Government of France]

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