Richard Ferrand is a French politician of La Republique En Marche! Who has been serving as President of the National Assembly.
Richard has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012 for Finistere’s 6th constituency. He was the General Secretary of LREM, and he became the leader of the party’s group in the National Assembly.
Here is more to know about Richard Ferrand.
Who Are Richard Ferrand and Françoise Coustal?
Richard and Françoise used to be husband and wife. But now there are not living together and have already separated.
Richard was born on July 1, 1962, in Rodez, France. He graduated high school in Bunde, Germany, and studied German and Law. He became a PS member at the age of 18 at Universite Paris-Descartes.
Françoise is a contemporary artist. She is a French female artist born in Brest (FR) in 1973.
She was first verified exhibition was Françoise Coustal et Philippe Fontaine at Centra d’Art Passerelle in Brest in 1993. In 2012, was her the most recent exhibition in Mémoires d’éléphants at L\\’Atelier in Nantes.
At the age of 26, in 1988, Ferrand became associate director of a press graphics agency he managed until 1990 when he created a communication consulting company and became an agency administrator and associate graphic designer.
In May 1991, he became communications advisor to Kofi Yamgnane, secretary of State to the Minister of Social Affairs and Integration.
In 1992, he asked Kofi Yamgnane if he could “settle in Brittany and continue working for the ministry.” Kofi Yamgnane’s wife finds him a house a Hanvec, where he settles with his family.
Ferrand was one of the PS nominees for the Finistere department, where he got selected in the 2010 regional elections. On March 21, 2010, he became a councilor for the region, and since then, he has chaired the socialist and related groups.
Why Did Richard Ferrand and Françoise Coustal Seperate?
Richard and Françoise have not disclosed the reason for the separation. In 1994, they got separated.
He got two children. Emile Ferrand is his son name. And Louise Ferrand is her daughter’s name.
Ferrand began his first electoral mandate in 1998 as general councilor of the canton of Carhaix-Plouguer.
Again in 2004, he got re-elected, then was appointed vice-president of the general council of Finistere, in charge of integration, the social and solidarity economy, and delegate for the country Center West Brittany, a mandate he exercised until 2011.
He was beaten by Christian Troadec, future spokesperson for the movement of the Bonnets rouges, obtaining 31% of the votes the second time.
Took a stand for the merger of the hospital of Carhaix, threatened with disappearance, with the regional university hospital center of Brest in 2008. This merger was effective from July 2009, making it possible to maintain access to care nearby, within particular emergency activities, and maintain the maternity ward in Carhaix.
During the 2010 regional elections, he was a candidate on the Finistere PS list led by Marylise Lebranchu. Alongside Jean-Yves Le Drian, he became regional councilor for Brittany on March 21, 2010, then chaired the socialist and related group of the regional council of Brittany.