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Olivier Marleix

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Olivier Marleix
President of The Republicans group in the National Assembly
In office
28 June 2022 – 10 July 2024
Preceded byDamien Abad
Succeeded byLaurent Wauquiez
Member of the National Assembly
for Eure-et-Loir's 2nd constituency
In office
20 June 2012 – 7 July 2025
Preceded byGérard Hamel
Succeeded byChristelle Minard
Mayor of Anet
In office
14 March 2008 – 23 September 2017
Preceded byClaude Favrat
Succeeded byAliette Le Bihan
Personal details
Born(1971-02-06)6 February 1971
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Died7 July 2025(2025-07-07) (aged 54)
Anet, France
Cause of deathSuicide by hanging
Political partyRally for the Republic
(1989–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)
The Republicans
(2015–2025)
ParentAlain Marleix (father)
Alma materSciences Po
University of Clermont-Ferrand
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Olivier Marleix (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje maʁlɛks]; 6 February 1971 – 7 July 2025) was a French politician who represented the 2nd constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly from 2012 until his death in 2025.[1] A member of The Republicans (LR), he presided over The Republicans group in the National Assembly from 2022 to 2024.[2]

Early life

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Marleix graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) in 1992. He also held a Diplôme d'études approfondies in public law from the University of Auvergne, which he completed in 1994.[3][4]

Political career

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Career in local politics

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Prior to his election to the National Assembly in 2012, Marleix was elected as Mayor of Anet in 2008, an office he held until his resignation in 2017 to focus on his parliamentary work. He also held a seat in the General Council of Eure-et-Loir from 2008 to 2014 for the canton of Anet. From 2008 to 2011, he held one of the general council's vice presidencies under the presidency of Albéric de Montgolfier.

Member of the National Assembly, 2012–2025

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In parliament, Marleix served on the Committee on Legal Affairs. From 2017 until 2018, he chaired a parliamentary inquiry into whether France's government should subject foreign takeovers of French firms to parliamentary scrutiny.[5] In 2019 he indicted Emmanuel Macron, who had signed in 2014 as Minister of Economy (France) the consummation of the Alstom merger with General Electric, to the Parquet National Financier; only to have them declare a non-lieu.[6]

In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group.[7]

In 2018, Marleix was appointed to the shadow cabinet of The Republicans leader Laurent Wauquiez and tasked with the industry portfolio.[8]

After Christian Jacob's election in October 2019 as party leader, Marleix announced his candidacy to succeed him as leader of the party's parliamentary group in the National Assembly in November 2019; he eventually lost to Damien Abad of Ain.[9]

Chair of the Republicans' Parliamentary Group, 2022–2025

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Following the 2022 legislative election, Marleix again put his candidacy forward for parliamentary leader.[10] He faced Julien Dive of Aisne, whom he defeated with 40 votes against 20.[11] Marleix took over from acting parliamentary leader Virginie Duby-Muller on 22 June 2022.

Upon his death Christelle Minard took his seat in the National Assembly, as stipulated by her position as his substitute in French electoral law.[6]

Political positions

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Technical advisor to the Presidency of the Republic under the mandate of Nicolas Sarkozy between 2009 and 2011. In the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Marleix endorsed former President Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.[12] In the Republicans' 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[13] Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans' candidate.[14] Ahead of the party's 2022 convention, he endorsed Éric Ciotti as chairman then asked for his resignation two years later, wanting an alliance with the RN.[15]

Personal life

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Marleix came from a political family. His father, Alain Marleix, was a former secretary of state and a deputy of Cantal. His mother, Évelyne Marleix, served as the mayor of Molompize from 2001 to 2008.

Marleix was the father of two daughters.[16]

Death and funeral

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Marleix was found dead at his home in Anet, Eure-Et-Loir, on 7 July 2025.[17] Paris Match reported that the police had conducted a welfare check at his home after he had missed an appointment with Anet's mayor, Aliette Le Bihan; his body was found hanged in the upstairs bedroom.[18] Marleix's death was deemed a suicide;[19] a scrap of paper found next to him was deemed by the authorities to be irrelevant to their investigation.[6]

His funeral was held on 11 July at Saint-Cyr Sainte-Julitte church in Anet. Many politicians attended, including the interior minister Bruno Retailleau, Prime Minister François Bayrou, and President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet.[20] At his friend's funeral Retailleau asked himself: "Nous ne comprenons pas, quels cris Olivier étouffait-il ? Quelle nuit traversait-il ? Pourquoi ? Qu’aurions-nous dû voir ? Quels combats intérieurs livrait-il pour qu’il se résolve à un tel geste ?"[6][21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Olivier Marleix, un homme d'expérience à la tête du groupe LR à l'Assemblée nationale". Le Figaro (in French). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Sciences Po Alumni". Sciences Po Alumni (in French). Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  4. ^ "LesBiographies.com - moteur de recherche biographique". www.lesbiographies.com. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ^ Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau (21 March 2018), French lawmakers seek scrutiny over Macron on foreign takeovers, Reuters.
  6. ^ a b c d "Mort d'Olivier Marleix : Bout de papier près de son corps, écœurement de la vie politique, succession… les questions qui se posent après le drame".
  7. ^ Olivier Marleix French National Assembly.
  8. ^ Olivier Faye (21 November 2018), Laurent Wauquiez dévoile (enfin) son « shadow cabinet », Le Monde.
  9. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (6 November 2019), Couronnement: A l’Assemblée, Damien Abad devient le nouveau patron des députés LR, L'Opinion.
  10. ^ Wally Bordas and Emmanuel Galiero (21 June 2022), Présidence du groupe LR à l'Assemblée : le match se joue entre Julien Dive et Olivier Marleix, Le Figaro.
  11. ^ Wally Bordas and Emmanuel Galiero (22 June 2022), Olivier Marleix, un homme d'expérience à la tête du groupe LR à l'Assemblée nationale, Le Figaro.
  12. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (20 April 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires, L'Opinion.
  13. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (11 October 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez, L'Opinion.
  14. ^ Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite, Le Figaro.
  15. ^ Eric Ciotti élu président du parti Les Républicains Le Monde, 11 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Olivier Marleix : Biographie et actualités". Gala (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Le député Olivier Marleix (Les Républicains) a mis fin à ses jours" [MP Olivier Marleix (Les Républicains) has taken his own life] (in French). Le Monde. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
  18. ^ "Olivier Marleix, député Les Républicains, a été retrouvé pendu". parismatch.com (in French). 7 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
  19. ^ Disparition d’Olivier Marleix, ancien président des députés LR (in French)
  20. ^ "Obsèques du député Olivier Marleix : près d'un millier de personnes lui rendent un dernier hommage". TF1 INFO (in French). 11 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  21. ^ "Olivier Marleix : l'Assemblée nationale encore sous le choc après le suicide du député LR".
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