Ian Boucard

Ian Boucard (born 5 May 1988) is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of the Territoire de Belfort department in the National Assembly since February 2018, previously holding the seat from June to December 2017.

[3][4] Boucard first became involved in politics in 2007, after being invited by a friend part of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) to a meeting with Damien Meslot.

[17] In the first round on 11 June, Boucard came in second with 23.70% of the vote, with Christophe Grudler, candidate of the MoDem supported by La République En Marche!

Boucard and Grudler advanced to the second round and the other candidates were eliminated; Jean-Raphaël Sandri of the National Front received 17.50% of votes, Anaïs Beltran of La France Insoumise secured 12.17%, and Bastien Faudot of the PS and MRC garnered 9.10%.

[19] He officially took his seat on 21 June with the inauguration of the 15th legislature, joining the LR group and serving on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee.

[21] At a public meeting on 18 January 2018, Boucard announced that he decided to sue Christophe Grudler, who called him a "cheater" and "fraudster" for his tactics in the June 2017 legislative elections, for defamation.