Jean-Yves Leconte was born on 31 October 1966 in Paris. He is a married father of three. After spending his youth in Normandy, he pursued his studies in engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Paris. After a year of teaching in the Parisian suburbs, in 1991 he went to Poland for his military service with the French Army. He decided to stay in Poland and started a construction material company. In 2000, he started another company in Ukraine.
In 1986, Mr. Leconte joined the French Socialist Party.
In 1994 he was elected to the Superior Council of French Expatriates (CSFE - Conseil Supérieur des Français de l’Etranger), then re-elected in 2000 in a constituency made up of ex-Soviet states in Central and Eastern Europe. As a member of this council, he helped foster the growth of French schooling in the area, which became an increasingly pressing need as more and more French families moved to Eastern Europe. In 2004, the CSFE council became the Assembly of French Expatriates (AFE - Assemblée des Français de l’Etranger). He was re-elected in the constituency of Vienna, made up of 14 Eastern and Central European states.
From 2008 to 2011, he was Vice President of the AFE. He was elected senator on 25 September 2011 as part of a united electoral list based on an agreement between the French Socialist Party and the French Green Party. Jean-Yves Leconte is a member of the Laws Standing Committee and of the Committee for European Affairs. He participates in several international inter-parliamentary groups.

National political activities

Since 2014 Senator (dept. Calvados)

Vice-president of the committee for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Armed Forces
Rapporteur for the budget of defence
Member of the Committee for European affairs
President of the interparliamentary France-Pakistan friendship group
Vice-president of the OSCE PA
Special Representative on Mediterranean Affairs (OSCE-PA)

Other activities

1995-2017 Mayor of Cond-sur-Noireau
2016-2017 Mayor of Cond-en-Normandie
2011 - 2015 President of the Federation of French investment and economic development agencies (CNER)
2015-2017 Secretary general of the departmental mayors association
2008-2014 Deputy senator
2008-2014 Vice-President of the departmental mayors association
2004-2014 Vice-President of the General council of Calvados
1993-1997 Vice-President of Chamber of commerce and industry (Caen)
1989-1995 Deputy mayor of Cond-sur-Noireau
1986-1990 Vice-President, scientific council, University of Caen

Professional activities

2009-2014 Parliamentary assistant
2007-2009 Consultant (automotive industry sector)
2001-2006 (automotive industry sector) Deputy chief executive officer, Sales manager
1998-2001 (automotive industry sector) Division manager
1986-1998 (automotive industry sector) Chief financial officer

Postgraduate education

2008/2009 Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Defense Nationale (Institute for Higher National Defence Studies)
1988-1991 University of Caen; Master in Economics and management

Titles - Awards

Auditor, Institute for Higher National Defence Studies
Colonel (Reserve Corps) Gendarmerie Nationale
Chevalier (Knight) of the French Legion of Honor
Chevalier (Knight) of the French National Order of Merit

Parcours politique :
- Maire de la ville d'Albert, 3ème ville du département de la Somme, de 1989 à 2017.
- Président-fondateur du Pays du coquelicot (communauté de communes de 28000 habitants) de 2002 à 2017.

Quitte ces deux responsabilités exécutives en 2017, suite à sa réélection comme parlementaire, pour se conformer à la loi sur le non-cumul des responsabilités politiques et devient conseiller municipal de sa ville natale et conseiller communautaire du Pays du coquelicot.
- Vice-président du Conseil régional de Picardie de 1993 à 2002.
- Candidat aux élections européennes de 1999.
- Député à l'Assemblée nationale de 2002 à 2020 (après avoir été député-suppléant de 1988 à 2002)
Tout d’abord, membre de la commission des affaires économique, puis de celle de la défense et des forces armées, a passé de très nombreuses années au sein de la Commission du développement durable et de l'aménagement du territoire dont il fut vice-président. Président du groupe d’amitié France - République Dominicaine puis de France - Kenya, président du groupe d’études sur les biocarburants.
Dans son dernier mandat à l'Assemblée nationale, était président du groupe d'études sur la santé mondiale, président du groupe d'amitié parlementaire France-Sénégal et coordinateur de l'ntergroupe parlementaire sur le Canal Seine-Nord Europe.

- Sénateur de la Somme depuis Septembre 2020, membre de la commission de l’aménagement du territoire et de l’Assemblée parlementaire de l’OSCE.

Parcours professionnel :
- A enseigné "les approches du management" à l’Université de Picardie
puis à l’Institut de Gestion Sociale de Paris pendant dix ans.
- Depuis 1987, date de création de son cabinet, anime des formations et des
conférences sur le leadership, en France et à l’étranger, auprès de nombreuses
entreprises et institutions. 
- Auteur de trois livres :
« Manager avec l'approche Herrmann », Editions Eyrolles
« Six frères dans la grande guerre », Editions Privat
« Henry Potez, pionnier de l’aéronautique » Editions Privat (prix de l’Académie française et de l’Académie des Sciences en 2017)

Implications diverses :
- Président d’honneur de l’association des neuro-survivants du paludisme
- Parrain de l’action de protection des éléphants \"Je donne mon ivoire\" initiée par IFAW (Fonds international pour la protection des animaux)

Studies and Professional Life

After a preparatory class for literary studies option contempory literature at the high school Marcelin-Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Valérie Boyer graduated of the Political Studies Institute of Aix en Provence in public service department. At the same time, she did bachelor degree in English and in Spanich (Langue Étrangère Appliquée, /Applied stranger language) at Aix en Provence University and at l'Ecole du Louvre (foundation Rachel Boyer).

she accessed the National High Studies Center of The National Healthy Service (Centre National d' Études Supérieures de Sécurité Sociale) - XXV e promotion – she came out the center on July 1987. Then, Valérie Boyer began her carrer at the National Insurance Office for old age paid workers( Caisse Nationale de l'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAVTS)). Afterwards she held different duties.

Political Career

In 2001 Valérie Boyer joined Jean-Claude Gaudin's staff at the town council of Marseille where she got elected councillor for 13rd and 14 th districts and community councillor.
In 2004, She was endorsed by UMP (union for popular movement / union pour un mouvement populaire)/UDF (unity for french democraty/ Union pour la démocratique française) parties for cantonale election without been elected.
In 2007, Valérie Boyer got elected as deputy for 8 th districts of Bouches-du-Rhône. She defeated Christophe Masse, the outgoing social candidate. One month after her election,
Valérie Boyer was nominated National Secretary of the UMP (political party) in charge of health care.
Valérie Boyer got known by the media and general public for her private bill against extrem thinness which was passed in the National Assembly. Several amendments were also passed after her report on the fight against obesity. She was the writer of private bills to report retouched body pictures. In bioethics law revision framework, she managed to pass a series of amendments on oocyte vitrification and on the development of gamete donation. She was nominated twice National Secretary of the « les républicains »(political party) in charge of health care.
During all her parliamentary mandate, Valérie Boyer had wished to defend Marseille : Creation of a protected Geographical Indication for the soap of Marseille to stay in the center of our heritage, private bill to establish minimum service in case of strike from garbage men.
Written question about the financing of population protective measures in the farework of technicals risks (PPRT) in the Arkema questions to gouvernment on the security in Marseille.
Valérie Boyer made the difference in many fights : questions to gouvernment on Eastern Christians genocide, request creation of investigate committee on desecration of places of worship, private bill aim to penalize the negation of genocides Armenian genocide recognition (1915), amendment in order to put down our Christian roots in our Constitution, private bill to prevent surrogacy private bill about violence in couples , rape and others female
genetal mutilations.

Mandate and Function

- Senator of « Bouches-du-Rhône »
- Membrer of the Senat laws committee
- Membrer of women's rights delegation
- Local councillor of Marseille and Metropolitan coucillor.
- Mayor of the 6 th district of Marseille (from 2014 to 2017).
- Deputy of the 1 st disctrict of  « Bouches-du-Rhône » from 2007 to 2020.
- Member of social affairs in the National Assembly from 2007 to 2017.
- Member of foreign affairs the National Assembly from 2017 to 2020.
- Secreatary of commission of inquiry against social-security benefit faud.
- Reportor from 2019 to 2020 on the budget in the National Assembly about migration
- Co-President in 2019 on information mission in fight against the financial of terrorism in the National Assembly