French politician

Olivier Henno (born 21 April 1962 in Roubaix) is a French politician, mayor of Saint-André-lez-Lille and a member of the MoDem.

Biography

A member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF), he was elected mayor of Saint-André-lez-Lille in 2001 with almost 52% of the vote, as well as general councillor and a member of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole.

In 2005, Olivier Henno created the surprise in a by-election where he managed to place former UMP deputy and former minister Marc-Philippe Daubresse in a difficult runoff. Henno lost the runoff with a bit over 46% of the vote.

He joined François Bayrou's MoDem in 2007.

Running again in the Nord's 4th cons*uency during the 2007 French legislative election, he did not manage to create another surprise and placed third in the first round with 18.09%, behind the Socialist candidate (21.49%) and far behind Marc-Philippe Daubresse (46.77%).

He was re-elected mayor of Saint-André-lez-Lille in 2008 with over 65% of the votes in the first round against a UMP and PS list.

In 2009, he was selected to be the MoDem's candidate in Nord-Pas-de-Calais for the 2010 regional elections.

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