Claude Malhuret (born 8 March 1950) is a French physician[1] and politician of Agir who has been a member of the Senate since 2014, representing the department of Allier.

In 1973, Malhuret participated in some voluntary overseas work with Coopération Française, before being employed by the World Health Organization in India.

[citation needed] In 1980, Malhuret was one of the organizers of the "March for the Survival of Cambodia" in Thailand, with several media and artistic personalities, and read a speech written by Bernard-Henri Lévy.

[3] From 1986 to 1988, Malhuret served as Secretary of State for Human Rights in the government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, the first in this position.

[6] Following the election of Emmanuel Macron as president, Malhuret left the Republicans and became one of the founding members of the new Agir party.