Overview

• Marleix was discovered hanged in his Anet home on July 7 and the Chartres prosecutor’s office swiftly opened an inquiry that has excluded third-party involvement.
• Investigators found no note at the scene and have seized his phone and computers to retrace his final communications.
• An autopsy is slated for July 9 to establish definitive cause of death as suicide remains the leading hypothesis.
• The National Assembly observed a minute of silence and will hold formal tributes this week to honor Marleix’s parliamentary service.
• A Gaullist MP since 2012 and former head of the Les Républicains group, he chaired the 2018 inquiry into Alstom’s energy sale and was finalizing a book titled “Dissolution française.”