Deputy Lr Olivier Marleix ended his days at the age of 54, this Monday, July 7, BFMTV learned from concordant sources. After the announcement of his death, Emmanuel Macron praised a “politician of experience.”
“The disappearance of Olivier Marleix has our Parliament in the duel,” he wrote on the social network X.
Known for its opposition to Macron
“He defended his ideas with conviction. I also respected our disputes since they placed in the light of our love for the country,” added the President of the Republic.
The former Chief of the Les Républicins Group in the National Assembly, between 2022 and 2024, was known for his opposition resolved Emmanuel Macron.
In the announcement of the death of the elected official, shortly before 5 pm, the deputies, upset by this very rare suicide of a parliamentarian in the position, observed a minute of silence.
Near the former Prime Minister Michel Barnier, Olivier Marleix had supported the candidacy of Bruno Retilleau this spring as the presidency of the Republicans against Laurent Wauquiez, who happened it last year as the presidency of the deputies of LR.
Source: BFM TV
