René Danesi | |
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Senator for Haut-Rhin | |
Assumed office 1 October 2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 30 August 1947 |
Nationality | French |
René Danesi (born 30 August 1947) is a French politician, elected a senator for Haut-Rhin in 2014.
Danesi studied at Sciences Po Strasbourg.
Danesi was the mayor of Tagsdorf, Haut-Rhin from 1974 to 2017 as well as the 3rd vice-president of the Regional council of Alsace. A member of the UDI party, he was elected as a senator for Haut-Rhin on the list led by Catherine Troendlé on September 28th, 2014. He has sat within the UMP and The Republicans parliamentary groups. Between 2017 and 2018, Danesi was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. [1]
Dabesi supported candidate Nicolas Sarkozy in the open primary of the right and centre in 2016. [2] Then he supported Laurent Wauquiez in the 2017 The Republicans leadership election which Wauquiez won. [3]