Nicolas Daragon

Nicolas Daragon, born March 12, 1972, in Valence (Drôme), is a French politician. A member of the The Republicans party, he has been mayor of Valence since 2014 and vice-president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council since 2016.

Biography
A graduate of a master's degree in public law and HEC Paris, Nicolas Daragon is an executive in the tourism sector.

In 1995, Nicolas Daragon was elected municipal councilor of Valence on the list of deputy mayor Patrick Labaune. Six years later, during the 2001 municipal elections, he was re-elected to the municipal council and became deputy mayor.

In 2008, the list led by Patrick Labaune in Valence was beaten by the socialist Alain Maurice. Nicolas Daragon is, however, re-elected municipal councilor and takes the lead of the municipal opposition, since Patrick Labaune, head of the list and Léna Balsan, outgoing mayor, choose not to sit on the municipal council.

During the 2014 municipal elections, Nicolas Daragon led the right and center assembly list in Valence, which was elected in the second round with 53.5% against the left list led by the outgoing mayor and a National Rally list.

Candidate for a new mandate at the head of a right-wing list during the 2020 municipal elections, he won in the first round, on March 15, obtaining 59.5% of the votes. He was re-elected mayor of Valence on May 23, 2020. Shortly after, as the only candidate in the running, he was re-elected at the head of the Valence Romans Agglo urban community.

During the 2021 regional elections in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, he is the head of the LR-UDI-various right-civil society list for the department of Drôme. After the victory of this list at the regional level, Nicolas Daragon became vice-president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regional council, delegate to finance, general administration, human resources and European funds.