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The Right Honourable Clement Mercier MP | |
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| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| Assumed office 10 October 2018 | |
| Leader | Niamh Cooper |
| Preceded by | Bernard Valls |
| Secretary of State for Federal Affairs & Communities | |
| In office 10 May 2018 – 18 August 2018 | |
| President | Ken Turin Niamh Cooper(Acting) |
| Preceded by | Lilly Carson (Devolution and Constitutional Reform) |
| Succeeded by | Lucan Saint-Meyer |
| Deputy Leader of the Green Party | |
| Assumed office 1 December 2016 | |
| Leader | Niamh Cooper |
| Preceded by | Niamh Cooper Albert H. Montpelier |
| Member of Parliament for Perdrix et Saint-Marine | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Liliana Surdu |
| Majority | 14,591 (23.4%) |
| Director of Communications for the Leader of Opposition | |
| In office 15 September 2005 – 10 May 2010 | |
| Leader | Jean Oak |
| Preceded by | Michel Vilod |
| Succeeded by | Seumas Milne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 April 1973 Perdrix, Osea, Ordennya |
| Political party | LPV (2010 - present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (Before 2010) |
| Domestic partner | Aisling Lavigne |
| Alma mater | Université d'État d'Osea |
Clement Mercier (born April 4 1973) is an Ordennyan politician and journalist. He is currently serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, and Member of Parliament for Perdrix et Saint Marine. A former Cabinet Minister, he held positions in the 2015-2018 Coalition of Socialists & Democrats/Green Party coalition cabinet, first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and later as Secretary of State for Federal Affairs & Communities. An Independent before 2010, he served as Director of Communications to former Labour Party leader Jean Oak, while he was Vice President. He resigned from this position shortly after the 2010 election, joining the Green Party, becoming the Director of Strategy for the overall Green Party, and is credited as the architect of their 2015 election campaign, where the Greens tripled their seat count and vote share. Mercier himself was elected as an MP in the 2015 election, and was appointed to the cabinet alongside a number of his Green Party colleagues. He stood for election to the Deputy Leadership of the Green Party, after Niamh Cooper and Albert H. Montpelier both resigned to contest the Party leadership. As Mercier was the only candidate in the election, he won 173,991 to 4,822 votes to re-open nominations. As Deputy Leader, he continued his role as Director of Strategy for the Green Party during the 2018 snap election campaign, and, alongside the manifesto and campaign led by Niamh Cooper, is credited with the Greens reaching first place in an election for the first time in its history.