Jean-Pierre Grand is a French politician, born November 18, 1950, in Montpellier, H�rault, France. As of 2007, he serves as the mayor of Castelnau-Le-Lez and as Deputy in the French National Assembly. Jean-Pierre Grand was elected Deputy on June 16, 2002, for the 12th legislature, in the 3rd circonscription of H�rault. He was re-elected on June 17, 2007, for another 5 years. He is a member of French's leading right-wing party, the Union for a Popular Movement. He is a former assistant to famed French politician Jacques Chaban-Delmas, who served as his political mentor. As of 2006, Grand is faithful to the political family of Jacques Chirac, notably former prime minister Alain Jupp�, current PM Dominique de Villepin and minister Mich�le Alliot-Marie. Grand openly supported De Villepin as a potential candidate for the French presidential elections, 2007, against controversial candidate, former president of UMP, ultimately elected President, Nicolas Sarkozy. Dominique de Villepin personally visited, as prime minister, Jean-Pierre Grand's city, Castelnau-Le-Lez, on December 8, 2006. 

November 18th, 1950 in Montpellier (Age 74)