Daniel Spagnou

Daniel Spagnou (born 22 September 1940 in Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the second constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement from 2002 to 2012.

Biography
Daniel Spagnou worked as a savings bank manager, he is now retired.

He entered politics by becoming mayor of Sisteron on March 14, 1983. He still holds this position, his list having obtained 57% of the votes cast in 2020.

From April 15, 1985 to March 18, 2001, he was a member of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence General Council. He was vice-president from 1988 to 2001.

For ten years, from March 23, 1992 to July 1, 2002, he was also a member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, of which he was vice-president from 1992 to 1998.

On June 16, 2002, he was elected deputy for the 2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence for the 12th legislature (2002-2007). He beat outgoing MP Robert Honde, former PRG mayor of Manosque in the second round, collecting 59.91% of the vote in the second round.

He was re-elected deputy on June 17, 2007, for the 13th legislature (2007-2012), beating, in the second round, Christophe Castaner, the PS mayor of Forcalquier, with 53.97% of the vote. He sat in the UMP group. He belonged to the Committee on Cultural Affairs and was a member of the National Assembly delegation on women's rights and equal opportunities between men and women.

He was a member of the National Assembly's Tibet Study Group.

In January 2011, he announced on his site that he would not be a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections.

At the end of 2017, he joined Agir, the constructive right.

Titles

 * Officer of the Legion of Honour July 14, 2019.
 * Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1999.