Jean-Louis Masson (born 5 February 1954) is a French politician and retired Gendarmerie officer who represented the 3rd constituency of the Var department in the National Assembly from 2017 until his resignation in 2020.
[1][2] A member of The Republicans (LR), he has served as Mayor of La Garde since 2020, previously holding the office from 2001 to 2017.
[3] In the 2020 municipal election, he returned as Mayor of La Garde, a position his father Louis Masson previously held from 1959 to 1962.
Masson has also served as a departmental councillor for the canton of La Garde since 2021, previously holding a seat from 2004 (elected under the Union for a Popular Movement banner, later The Republicans) until his resignation in 2017 following his election to Parliament.
Masson was made a Knight of the National Order of Merit in 1992 and of the Legion of Honour in 1998.