A doctor by training, Renaud Muselier built his political career in the wake of Jean-Claude Gaudin, of whom he was deputy mayor of Marseille, before distancing himself from him. Double vice-champion of France in karate, Muselier has the art of dodging: the president of the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur is invested head of list LR in the 2021 regional elections after proposing an alliance with LREM.