Axel Poniatowski (born 3 August 1951) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017.
[2] He grew up in Morocco and in the United States, following his father the diplomat Michel Poniatowski.
[2] He served as the President of the foreign affairs commission in the French National Assembly.
[1] He was defeated in the 2017 election by Guillaume Vuilletet of La République En Marche!
He is a distant relative of the last king of Poland Stanisław II August and of Marshal Józef Poniatowski.