The French presidential election of 2022 took place on 10 April 2022 and 24 April 2022 to elect the President of the French Republic for a five-year term. This is the twelfth presidential election of the Fifth Republic and eleventh by direct universal suffrage.
Here are nine black stone portraits of some major candidates.
Yannick Jadot
Born July 27, 1967 in Clacy-et-Thierret, France, is a French environmental activist and politician. He was a member of the Greens from 1999 and director of Greenpeace France campaigns from 2002 to 2008.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Born 19 August 1951 in Tangier, France, is a French politician. A member of the Socialist Party from 1976, he was successively elected municipal councillor of Massy in 1983, general councillor of Essonne in 1985 and senator in 1986.
Marine Le Pen
Born August 5, 1968 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, is a French politician. She joined the National Front, the main far right party in France, led by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, as soon as she was majority.
Valérie Pécresse
Born July 14, 1967 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, is a French politician. A former student of HEC and ENA, she was a member of the Council of State from 1992 to 2015. She also taught at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris from 1992 to 1998.
Jean Lassalle
Born on 3 May 1955 in Lourdios-Ichère, France, is a French politician. He was mayor of Lourdios-Ichère from 1977 to 2017 and deputy since 2002
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan
Born on 7 March 1961 in Paris 15th, is a French politician. He is a member of the Rally for the Republic.
Eric Zemmour
Born on 31 August 1958 in Montreuil, France, is a French journalist, writer, essayist, editorialist, columnist, polemist and politician.
Emmanuel Macron
Born on 21 December 1977 in Amiens, is a senior French civil servant and statesman. He has been President of the French Republic since 14 May 2017.
