Natacha Bouchart (born 29 May 1963) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) and formerly Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).^[1]

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Quick Facts Mayor of Calais, Preceded by ...

Natacha Bouchart
Natacha Bouchart in 2020
Mayor of Calais
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 March 2008
Preceded by	Jacky Hénin
Member of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2016
President	Xavier Bertrand
Member of the French Senate for Pas-de-Calais
In office 1 October 2011 – 12 January 2016
Succeeded by	Jean-François Rapin
Personal details
Born	Natacha Keuroglanian (1963-05-29) 29 May 1963 (age 60) Lens, France
Political party	Miscellaneous right (since 2022) The Republicans (2015-2022)

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Bouchart was born at Lens. She has served as Mayor of Calais since 2008 and was elected to represent Pas-de-Calais in the French Senate in 2011.^[2]

Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Bouchart endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.^[3]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Bouchart publicly declared her support for incumbent Emmanuel Macron and criticized the Republicans’ candidate Valérie Pécresse.^[4][5]