Claude Malhuret

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Claude Malhuret
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2014
Preceded by	Mireille Schurch
Parliamentary group	UMP (2014–2015) LR (2015–2017) LIRT (2017–present)
Constituency	Allier
Mayor of Vichy
In office 20 March 1989 – 6 October 2017
Preceded by	Jacques Lacarin [arz; fr; vo]
Succeeded by	Frédéric Aguilera
Member of the Regional Council of Auvergne
In office 29 March 2004 – 1 October 2014
President	Pierre-Noël Bonté René Souchon
Constituency	Allier
Member of the National Assembly
In office 2 April 1993 – 21 April 1997
Preceded by	Jean-Michel Belorgey [arz; fr; tr]
Succeeded by	Gérard Charasse
Parliamentary group	UDFC
Constituency	Allier's 4th
Member of the European Parliament
In office 25 July 1989 – 16 April 1993
Parliamentary group	ELD
Constituency	France
Secretary of State for Human Rights
In office 20 March 1986 – 10 May 1988
Prime Minister	Jacques Chirac
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Lucette Michaux-Chevry (1993)
Personal details
Born	(1950-03-08) 8 March 1950 (age 75) Strasbourg, France
Political party	Horizons (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	Republican Party (until 1997) Liberal Democracy (1997–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2017) Agir (2017–2021)
Alma mater	Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University Paris Descartes University
Profession	Physician, lawyer, politician

Claude Malhuret (French pronunciation: [klod malyʁɛ]; born 8 March 1950) is a French physician, lawyer and politician who has served as a member of the Senate since 2014, representing the department of Allier. A member of Horizons (HOR),^[1] he has presided over the centre-right The Independents – Republic and Territories (LIRT) parliamentary group in the Senate since 2017.

Previously, Malhuret was Secretary of State for Human Rights (1986–1988),^[2] Mayor of Vichy (1989–2017),^[3] a member of the National Assembly (1993–1997) and of the European Parliament (1989–1993).