Benoît Biteau

French politician (born 1967)

Benoît Biteau
Biteau in 2019

Member of the National Assembly for Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 July 2024
Preceded by	Anne-Laure Babault
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024
Constituency	France

Personal details
Born	(1967-04-07) 7 April 1967 (age 57) Royan, France
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Radical Party of the Left (1985–2017)
Residence	Sablonceaux
Profession	Farmer · Agronomist · Politician

Benoît Biteau (French pronunciation: [bənwa bito]; born 7 April 1967) is a French farmer, agronomist and politician who was elected the deputy for the 2nd constituency of Charente-Maritime in the National Assembly in the 2024 legislative election. He ran under the The Ecologists (LÉ) banner, part of the New Popular Front (NFP) alliance.^[1]^[2]

Biteau was previously elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019 at place 11 on the Europe Ecology – The Greens list.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He failed to win reelection in 2024 and chose to run for the National Assembly a month later.

He also held a seat in the Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes (2010–2015) and its successor, the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine (2016–2021), as well as one of the council's vice-presidencies during his first five-year term.

References

^ Briand, David (8 July 2024). "Législatives en Charente-Maritime (2e circonscription) : l'écologiste Benoît Biteau vainqueur avec plus de 53 % des voix". sudouest.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Briand, David (8 July 2024). "Législatives en Charente-Maritime : qui est Benoît Biteau, le nouveau député de Rochefort-Aunis ?". sudouest.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Cuau, Olivier (24 May 2024). "Élections européennes. Le député Benoît Biteau (EELV) : « Il va falloir démasquer les imposteurs »". Ouest-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ Cazenave, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-france.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.