He was also spokesperson for Emmanuel Macron during his campaign for the presidential election of 2017.Born in Ollioules in the Var department of the Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur region, he was a member of the National Assembly for the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department from 2012 to 2017 and headed the Socialist Party list for the 2015 regional elections in Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur before joining Macron's En Marche! movement in 2016.
He also served as Mayor of Forcalquier from 2001 to 2017 and Vice President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur from 2004 to 2012.