François Cornut-Gentille (born 22 May 1958 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 1993, representing the Haute-Marne department.^[1]

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Quick Facts Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Marne's 2nd constituency, Preceded by ...

François Cornut-Gentille
François Cornut-Gentille in 2017
Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Marne's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 April 1993
Preceded by	Guy Chanfrault
Mayor of Saint-Dizier
In office 1995–2017
Preceded by	Guy Chanfrault
Succeeded by	Élisabeth Robert-Dehault
Personal details
Born	(1958-05-22) 22 May 1958 (age 65) Saint-Mandé, France
Political party	The Republicans

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In parliament, Cornut-Gentille serves on the Finance Committee.^[2] Since the 2017 elections, he has been serving as one of the eleven deputy chairpersons of the Republicans' parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob.

His uncle was the administrator and politician Bernard Cornut-Gentille.

In the 2022 legislative elections, he was defeated by the Rassemblement National candidate Laurence Robert-Dehault, winning just 48.30% of the vote.^[3]

In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Cornut-Gentille endorsed Alain Juppé as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.^[4] In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.^[5] Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate. Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, he publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.^[6][7]