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My Take
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan interests me less for his platform than for his stubbornness, which I find oddly admirable regardless of where one stands. Founding and leading Debout la France, sitting for years as essentially a party of one in the National Assembly, and serving two decades as mayor of Yerres reveals a politician unwilling to dissolve into a bigger machine. In an era of poll-tested consensus, a figure who keeps speaking in his own voice, paying the electoral price for it, is at least intellectually honest. You don't have to agree with him to recognize that conviction this durable is its own kind of political identity.
Overview
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (French pronunciation: [nikɔla dypɔ̃(t‿)ɛɲɑ̃] ; born 7 March 1961), sometimes referred to by his initials NDA, is a French politician serving since 2008 as president of the minor party Debout la France. He was its only member in the National Assembly, having been elected for Essonne's 8th constituency beginning in 1997; he was previously mayor of Yerres from 1995 to 2017.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
- Name (Japanese)
- ニコラ・デュポン＝エニャン
- Reading
- にこら・でゅぽん＝えにゃん
- Born
- March 7, 1961 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Ox
- Origin
- 15th arrondissement of Paris, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / cadres de la fonction publique
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Paris Dauphine University
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Young Leader of the French American Foundation
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.