François Zocchetto

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François Zocchetto


Mayor of Laval
In office 2014–2020
Member of the French Senate for Mayenne
In office 2001–2017

Personal details
Born	(1958-12-14) 14 December 1958 (age 65) Laval, France
Political party	UDI
Alma mater	ESCP Europe Sciences Po

François Zocchetto (born 14 December 1958) is French lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Senate of France from 2001 until 2017, representing the Mayenne department. He is a member of the Centrist Alliance and caucuses with the Centrist Union.^[1] In 2019, he joined independent law firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés in Paris as a partner.^[2]

Career in the private sector

A chartered accountant, Zocchetto began his private career with an audit/accounting and statutory auditor firm, and then founded in 1987 a law firm in business law for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Paris and Western France.^[3]

Political career

In the 2012 French presidential election, Zocchetto supported François Bayrou before endorsing Nicolas Sarkozy in the election's second round.

In 2013, Jean-Louis Borloo of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) included Zocchetto in his shadow cabinet; in this capacity, he served as opposition counterpart to Minister of Justice Christiane Taubira.^[4]