Hubert Brigand (born July 28, 1952, in Châtillon-sur-Seine) is a French politician, a member of the Républicains party. He was elected deputy for the 4th constituency of Côte-d'Or in the 2022 legislative elections. He was Côte-d'Or departmental councillor from 1988 to 2022 and mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022.

Biographie 
Hubert Brigand was mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine (Côte-d'Or, France) for 27 years, from 1995 to 2022. He relinquished this position following his election as Member of Parliament in 2022, due to the law on the non-accumulation of mandates, and became first deputy mayor. His son Jérémie Brigand is also involved in politics.

Political career

Member of parliament 
He was unsuccessful candidate in the 2017 legislative elections and narrowly qualified in second place in the first round in Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency in 2022. He won the second round by a wide margin with over 60% of the vote, the incumbent La République en Marche (LREM) candidate, up against a dissident Horizons candidate, having been narrowly eliminated in the previous round.

In this second round against a Rassemblement National candidate, he came out on top in 102 of the 107 communes in the constituency where the local abstention rate of 48.81% was well below the national average.

Other mandates 

 Departmental councillor for the canton of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1988 to 2022.
 Mayor of Châtillon-sur-Seine from 1995 to 2022 (re-elected in the first round in 2008 and 2014).
 Châtillon-sur-Seine town councillor from 1989 to 1995 and since 2022.
 Regional councillor from 1998 to 2004.
 President of the Pays châtillonnais community of communes from 2011 to 2015, a position from which he resigned following the territorial reform. He was succeeded by his son Jérémie Brigand, born in 1981, mayor of Massingy.

References 

Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
The Republicans (France) politicians
1952 births
French politicians
Living people