Bruno Retailleau plans to appoint a loyal Villiériste as CEO of LR

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As the party's control tower, the LR director general oversees all departments: finance, administration, legal, human resources, research, and federations. He also manages meetings with banks to discuss big money.

The position has been occupied since September 2022 by Cécile Richez, "who arrived in the luggage of Christian Jacob [former head of the party from 2019 to 2022, editor's note] " , recalls a connoisseur of the house. Chiraquienne, she had already almost been ousted by Eric Ciotti. New head of the party , Retailleau should logically separate from her during the first appointments within the party in the coming days, Michel Barnier having already been made president of the National Council (the "Parliament" of the house).

The entourage of the Minister of the Interior confirms that current members