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Olivier Faure

Olivier Faure

Olivier Faure, born in 1968 in La Tronche, is a French Socialist politician, First Secretary of the Socialist Party since April 2018 and National Assembly member for Seine-et-Marne's 11th constituency since 2012.

Born
1968 (58 years), La Tronche
Party
Socialist Party
Office
First Secretary of the French Socialist Party 2018–
Member of the French National Assembly 2012–
Education
University of Orléans, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
Website
olivierfaure.fr
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party (Socialist Party)
Wikipedia-style placing of the Socialist Party; no source for the person opened
Ideology: social democracy

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He announced in August 2026 that he would seek the Socialist Party's nomination for the 2027 presidential election, the race in which he is named.

Career

Faure studied economic law and political science at the universities of Orléans and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He joined the Socialist Party at 16 and was communications chief of François Hollande's 2011 presidential campaign. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2012 and led the Socialist parliamentary group from 2016 to 2018 before becoming First Secretary in April 2018. In the 2024 legislative election the party more than doubled its seats within the New Popular Front alliance.

Offices held
  1. First Secretary of the French Socialist Party 2018–
  2. Member of the French National Assembly 2012–

Source: Wikidata

Positions

Faure leads the party within the left alliance of the New Popular Front. In February 2025 the Socialists declined to back La France Insoumise's motion of censure against Prime Minister François Bayrou, prioritizing budget concessions, according to Wikipedia.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: Olivier Faure, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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French Presidential Election 2027

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Marine Le PenFar right5843%
Édouard PhilippeCentre-right5518%
Jean-Luc MélenchonLeft7513%
David LisnardCentre-right5712%
François HollandeCentre-left723%
Gabriel AttalCentre373%
Bruno RetailleauCentre-right651%
Raphaël GlucksmannCentre-left461%
Sarah KnafoFar right331%
Éric ZemmourFar right681%
Jordan BardellaFar right311%
Olivier FaureCentre-left58<1%

All 42 outcomes

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