Alain Chatillon

French politician

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Alain Chatillon

Member of the French Senate for Haute-Garonne
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2008
Mayor of Revel
In office 19 March 1989 – 31 October 2017
Preceded by	Jean Ricalens
Succeeded by	Étienne Thibault

Personal details
Born	(1943-03-15) 15 March 1943 (age 81) Revel, France
Political party	Radical Party The Republicans

Alain Chatillon (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ ʃatijɔ̃]; born 15 March 1943) is a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Haute-Garonne department and is a member of the Radical Party.

Biography

After acquiring the Gerblé food group in 1972, Alain Chatillon founded the Diététique et Santé group in Revel, which later became Nutrition et Santé, France's leading manufacturer of dietary and organic foods. He co-founded and chaired the Agri Sud-Ouest competitiveness cluster from 2007 to 2014.^[1]^[2] Mayor of Revel since 1989 and regional councillor for the Midi-Pyrénées region, he was elected to the French Senate in the 2008 senatorial elections.^[3] He was re-elected mayor in the first round, with 68.82% of the vote in the 2008 elections and 75% in 2014.

He supported Alain Juppé in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.^[4]

A member of the UMP then LR group since 2008, in 2020 he joined Les Républicains and became a member of the REP group.

References

^ Adrien Serrière (27 December 2020). "Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation, Alain Chatillon quitte la présidence". La Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2021..
^ G. B. (12 November 2019). "Revel : le Territoire d'industrie sera tourné vers l'agroalimentaire". La Dépêche du Midi. Retrieved 7 January 2021..
^ Élections sénatoriales de 2008 – Résultats dans la Haute-Garonne, sur le site du Sénat.
^ Ludovic Vigogne, « Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires », lopinion.fr, 20 avril 2016.