Christophe Béchu (French pronunciation: [kʁistɔf beʃy]; born 11 June 1974) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister for Ecological Transition and Cohesion of the Territories in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal from 2022 to 2024.

[2] A former member of the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement,[2] later the Republicans (LR), and the DL, Béchu became the secretary general of Horizons in 2021.

However, he was narrowly defeated by the incumbent PS mayor of Angers, Jean-Claude Antonini, in the 2008 municipal elections.

During the 2014 French municipal elections, Béchu competed against Frédéric Béatse, incumbent, and became the new mayor of Angers on 4 April 2014.

"[6] In October 2023, Béchu participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.