Patrick Hetzel

 ( 1964 Births ) 

Patrick Hetzel (born 2 July 1964) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2012. He represents Bas-Rhin's 7th constituency.

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Political career In parliament, Hetzel has served as member of the Finance Committee (since 2016) and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2012–2016). Patrick Hetzel French National Assembly. and the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (–2022). Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST) Senate of France. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-German Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Hetzel publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro. He was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election.

Hetzel endorsed Christian Jacob as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention, La jeune garde des députés LR soutient Christian Jacob Le Journal du Dimanche, 7 July 2019. and later supported Bruno Retailleau’s candidacy to succeed Jacob in 2022.Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés L'Obs.

On 21 September 2024, Hetzel became Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in the short-lived government of Michel Barnier, succeeding Sylvie Retailleau. On 23 December 2024, he was replaced by Élisabeth Borne in the government of François Bayrou.

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See also

• List of deputies of the 14th National Assembly of France
• List of deputies of the 15th National Assembly of France
• List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France

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