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==Biography==
==Biography==
Prince Axel Poniatowski was born on August 3, 1951 in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]].<ref name="official">[http://www.axelponiatowski.com/portrait.html Portrait]</ref> He grew up in Morocco and in the [[United States]], following his father the diplomat [[Michel Poniatowski]].<ref name="official"/> Later, he also lived in the US for five more years, and in [[Saudi Arabia]] for three years.<ref name="official"/> He has been the mayor of [[L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise|Isle-Adam]] since 1999, and the Representative of Val d'Oise since 2002.<ref name="official"/> He serves as the President of the foreign affairs commission in the French National Assembly.<ref name="assemblee"/> He is a distant relative of the last king of Poland [[Stanisław II August]] and of Marshall [[Józef Poniatowski]].
Prince Axel Poniatowski was born on August 3, 1951 in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]].<ref name="official">[http://www.axelponiatowski.com/portrait.html Portrait]</ref> He grew up in Morocco and in the [[United States]], following his father the diplomat [[Michel Poniatowski]].<ref name="official"/> Later, he also lived in the US for five more years, and in [[Saudi Arabia]] for three years.<ref name="official"/> He has been the mayor of [[L'Isle-Adam, Val-d'Oise|Isle-Adam]] since 1999, and the Representative of Val d'Oise since 2002.<ref name="official"/> He serves as the President of the foreign affairs commission in the French National Assembly.<ref name="assemblee"/> He is a distant relative of the last king of Poland [[Stanisław II August]] and of Marshal [[Józef Poniatowski]].


He worked in the private sector for 25 years.<ref name="official"/> He speaks English, Spanish, and some Arabic.<ref name="official"/> In 2008, he supported [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/obama_paris Salon]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/world/europe/06iht-obamania.4.13536290.html The New York Times]</ref>
He worked in the private sector for 25 years.<ref name="official"/> He speaks English, Spanish, and some Arabic.<ref name="official"/> In 2008, he supported [[Barack Obama]].<ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/25/obama_paris Salon]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/world/europe/06iht-obamania.4.13536290.html The New York Times]</ref>

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Axel Poniatowski
Member of the French National Assembly for Val-d'Oise
Assumed office
19 June 2002
Mayor of L'Isle-Adam
Assumed office
2 February 1999
Preceded byMichel Poniatowski
Personal details
Born (1951-08-03) 3 August 1951 (age 73)
Rabat, Morocco
NationalityFrench
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materISG Business School
Poniatowski with a group of French MPs and Bogdan Borusewicz in the Polish Senate (2009)

Axel Poniatowski (born August 3, 1951) is a member of the National Assembly of France.[1] He represents the Val d'Oise department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.[1]

Biography

Prince Axel Poniatowski was born on August 3, 1951 in Rabat, Morocco.[2] He grew up in Morocco and in the United States, following his father the diplomat Michel Poniatowski.[2] Later, he also lived in the US for five more years, and in Saudi Arabia for three years.[2] He has been the mayor of Isle-Adam since 1999, and the Representative of Val d'Oise since 2002.[2] He serves as the President of the foreign affairs commission in the French National Assembly.[1] He is a distant relative of the last king of Poland Stanisław II August and of Marshal Józef Poniatowski.

He worked in the private sector for 25 years.[2] He speaks English, Spanish, and some Arabic.[2] In 2008, he supported Barack Obama.[3][4]

See also

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