Natacha Bouchart

Natacha Bouchart (born 29 May 1963) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) and formerly Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

[1] Bouchart was born at Lens.

She has served as Mayor of Calais since 2008 and was elected to represent Pas-de-Calais in the French Senate in 2011.

[2] Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Bouchart endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.

[3] Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Bouchart publicly declared her support for incumbent Emmanuel Macron and criticized the Republicans’ candidate Valérie Pécresse.