Florence Portelli

Florence Portelli (born 23 March 1978 in Argenteuil) is a French politician who has been serving as Mayor of Taverny since 2014.

A longtime member of The Republicans, Portelli served as François Fillon's spokeswoman during his presidential election campaign in 2017.

[1] In 2015, Portelli was appointed as member of the Republicans' political bureau by its chairman Nicolas Sarkozy[4] and became the party's national spokesperson on cultural affairs.

[7][8] Ahead of the Republicans' 2017 leadership elections, Portelli declared her candidacy on 29 August 2017,[9] arguing that she wanted to work "for the right to recover its pride", to "return to activists the place that they should have in the party", and "a refoundation, a democratized functioning, a radical change to statutes and clarification of the ideological line of the party".

[13] In 2023, the Republicans' chairman Éric Ciotti appointed Portelli as member of his shadow cabinet and put her in charge of cultural affairs.