Jean Dionis du Séjour

Jean Dionis du Séjour (; born 21 September 1956), also known as Jean Dionis, is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Agen since 2008. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), he is formerly a member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and The Centrists (LC). He represented the 1st constituency of the Lot-et-Garonne department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2012.

Biography Dionis du Séjour was a Deputy Mayor of Agen from 1995 to 2001 under Mayor Paul Chollet. He retained a seat in the municipal council of Agen until his resignation in 2004.

He served as the deputy in the National Assembly for the 1st constituency of the Lot-et-Garonne department from 2002 to 2012. He was elected to the mayorship of Agen following the 2008 municipal election.

He lost his parliamentary seat at the 2012 legislative election, which he unsuccessfully tried to regain at the 2017 election under the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) banner with the support of The Republicans (LR), when he was defeated in the second round by Michel Lauzzana of La République En Marche! (LREM).

He was elected a member of the newly established Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine at the 2015 regional election, having previously held a seat in the Regional Council of Aquitaine from 2004 until his resignation in 2008.