Philippe Cochet

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Philippe Cochet (born 23 May 1961 in Lyon, Rhône) is a French politician.

Philippe Cochet
Mayor of Caluire-et-Cuire
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2008
Member of the National Assembly for Rhône's 5th constituency
In office 19 June 2002 – 20 June 2017
Preceded by	Jean Rigaud
Succeeded by	Blandine Brocard
Member of the Metropolis of Lyon
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2015
President	Gérard Collomb David Kimelfeld Bruno Bernard
Personal details
Born	(1961-05-23) 23 May 1961 (age 62) Lyon, France
Political party	UMP The Republicans

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.^[1]

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.

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