Maurice Leroy

Maurice Leroy (French: [mɔʁis ləʁwa, moʁ-]; born 2 February 1959) is a French politician who served as Minister of City Affairs under President Nicolas Sarkozy in the third government of Prime Minister François Fillon from November 2010 to May 2012.

While in the opposition, he criticized the Socialist government for blocking necessary investments for the Grand Paris project.

In September 2012, Leroy became the spokesman of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) created by Jean-Louis Borloo.

Ahead of the 2012 French presidential election, Leroy endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the center-right parties' joint candidate.

[2] After his resignation from parliament, Leroy accepted the offer by Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin to become deputy general manager of the state-owned company Mosinjproekt, in charge of managing projects of Greater Moscow, for a monthly salary of 10,000 euros.