Overview

• Several hundred local residents and political figures filled the undersized Église Saint-Cyr Sainte-Julitte, with many watching the tribute on a large outdoor screen.
• Prime Minister François Bayrou, National Assembly President Yaël Braun-Pivet, Senate President Gérard Larcher and former Prime Minister Michel Barnier joined ministers and party leaders to pay their respects.
• The judicial inquiry opened July 7 and an autopsy completed July 9 remain ongoing as authorities work to confirm the cause of his death by presumed suicide.
• Marleix served as mayor of Anet from 2008 to 2012 and represented the constituency in the National Assembly since 2012, including leadership of the Les Républicains group.
• His family and the Anet municipality organized the ceremony on short notice to accommodate the overwhelming national attendance.