Wallerand de Saint-Just d'Autingues | |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1950 |
Occupation: | Lawyer, politician |
Party: | National Front |
Spouse: | Alix |
Children: | 4 |
Wallerand de Saint-Just (born 6 July 1950) is a French lawyer and politician. He defended traditionalist Catholics and right-wing politicians. He is the vice president of conflicts and treasurer of the National Front.
Wallerand de Saint-Just was born on 6 July 1950.[1] His family was ennobled in 1742.[2] His father was the mayor of a village in Picardy, where he grew up.[3]
De Saint-Just graduated from the Panthéon-Assas University, where he earned a law degree.[4]
De Saint-Just is a lawyer. One of his first clients was Bernard Antony, a traditionalist Catholic.[4] Another client was Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the National Front.[4] Another client was Bruno Gollnisch.[1] Yet another client was the Lebanese politician Samir Geagea.[3] [5] He also defended the AGRIF and the National Front.[1] [5] In 1993, he defended Serbian leaders at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.[3]
An anti-communist,[3] De Saint-Just joined the National Front in 1987.[1] [4] He served on the regional council of Picardy from 1992 to 2004, and he was re-elected in 2010.[6] He also served on the city council of Soissons from 1995 to 2008.[7] He has served as its vice president since 2007.[3] He is also its treasurer.[1] He ran an unsuccessful campaign to become the mayor of Paris in 2013.[3] [5]
De Saint-Just has a wife, Alix,[8] and four children. He is a traditionalist Roman Catholic.[4] He took part in the protest at the in 1977.[4]