Daniel Spagnou

Life and career Daniel Spagnou was born in Barcelonnette, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France on 22 September 1940. He worked as a savings bank manager.

He entered politics by becoming mayor of Sisteron on 14 March 1983. He held this position until his death, his list having obtained 57% of the votes cast in 2020.

From 15 April 1985 to 18 March 2001 he was a member of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence General Council. He was vice-president from 1988 to 2001.

For 10 years, from 23 March 1992 to 1 July 2002, he was also a member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, of which he was vice-president from 1992 to 1998.

On 16 June 2002, he was elected deputy for the 2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence for the 12th legislature (2002–2007). He beat outgoing MP Robert Honde, former PRG mayor of Manosque in the second round, collecting 59.91% of the vote in the second round.

Spagnou was re-elected deputy on 17 June 2007, for the 13th legislature (2007–2012), beating, in the second round, Christophe Castaner, the PS mayor of Forcalquier, with 53.97% of the vote. He sat in the UMP group. He belonged to the Committee on Cultural Affairs and was a member of the National Assembly delegation on women's rights and equal opportunities between men and women.

He was a member of the National Assembly's Tibet Study Group.

In January 2011, he announced on his site that he would not be a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections.

At the end of 2017, he joined Agir, the constructive right.

Spagnou died on 31 August 2026, at the age of 85.

Titles Officer of the Legion of Honour, 14 July 2019. Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1999.