Alain Rousset

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Political career

Rousset was elected to the Regional Council of Aquitaine in the 1998 elections and then reelected in 2004.^[2]

In 2010, Rousset proposed a "Plan for Digital Aquitaine".^[3]

Rousset entered the National Assembly in the 2007 elections, representing Gironde's 7th constituency.^[4] In parliament, he served on the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces.

In the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Rousset endorsed François Hollande as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.^[5]

On 11 February 2014, Rousset was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of President François Hollande at the White House.^[6]

In the Socialist Party's presidential primaries, Rousset endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.^[7] He later supported Emmanuel Macron in the elections.^[8]

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↑ Estelle Gross (6 July 2011), Primaire : qui soutient qui au PS ? L'Obs.
↑ Expected Attendees at Tonight’s State Dinner Office of the First Lady of the United States, press release of 11 February 2014.
↑ Primaire à gauche : Manuel Valls dépose plus de 500 parrainages Les Echos.
↑ Jeanne Travers (24 April 2017), Alain Rousset : "J'ai voté Macron au premier tour" de la présidentielle France Info.