Jean Lassalle
| Jean Lassalle | |
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Lassalle in 2010.
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| Member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques' 4th constituency |
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Assumed office 16 June 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Inchauspé |
| Mayor of the Lourdios-Ichère | |
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Assumed office 26 March 1977 |
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3 May 1955 Lourdios-Ichère, France |
| Political party | Résistons! (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Movement (2007–2016) Union for French Democracy (until 2007) |
Jean Lassalle (French: [ʒɑ̃ la.sal]; born 3 May 1955) is a French Occitan politician and independent deputy in the National Assembly of France. He was a candidate in the 2017 French presidential election under the banner of Résistons!.
Lassalle has served as mayor of the commune of Lourdios-Ichère since 21 March 1977, and has sat on the conseil général of the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques since 22 March 1982, serving as vice-president since 1 January 1991. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2002 legislative election, and represents the 4th constituency of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. Since 2002 Lassalle has led the World Mountain People Association, an international network of mountain-dwellers active in more than 70 countries. He also leads a Haut-Béarn cultural association.
On 3 June 2003 Lassalle stood up in the National Assembly during questions to Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy and sang the Occitan anthem Se Canta in protest at an announcement by Sarkozy concerning the housing of 23 gendarmes tasked with guarding the Somport tunnel, which links France with Spain through the Pyrenees. The village closest to the French end of the tunnel is Urdos, but it was announced that the gendarmes would be housed in the nearby town of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, on the grounds that their wives would become bored in Urdos. As he explained in an interview with France 3 later that day, Lassalle took exception to what he saw as a slur on the Pyrenean village and decided to interrupt the minister with his song. The protest was met by laughter from other deputies, disapproval from the president of the Assembly, and bemusement from Sarkozy.
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