A former student of Lycée Montaigne, Jean-Pierre Lecoq graduated from ESCP Europe in 1976[1] and from the Paris Institute of Political Studies in 1978.

A councilor for the 6th arrondissement of Paris since 1983 (initially with the RPR and later with the UMP), he became the deputy to Mayor François Collet.

[9] He led a union list of UMP-MoDem-UDI, with Marielle de Sarnez, vice-president of MoDem, in second position.

[15] In late January 2024, Jean-Pierre Lecoq renounced his candidacy to succeed Rachida Dati at the head of the Groupe Changer Paris.

His decision meant that Senator Catherine Dumas remained the only candidate in the field to succeed Dati as the head of the opposition group on the Paris Council.