Alain Lambert is a French politician

Politician

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. He is a notary

Civil law notary

Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...

 by profession.
He has been involved in politics since 1983 and has served as a local councillor in Alençon

Alençon

Alençon is a commune in Normandy, France, capital of the Orne department. It is situated west of Paris. Alençon belongs to the intercommunality of Alençon .-History:...

 and a councillor on both the department council of Orne

Orne

Orne is a department in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne.- History :Orne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution, on March 4, 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Normandy and Perche.- Geography :Orne is in the region of...

 (1992–2002) and the regional council of Basse Normandie. Between May 7, 2002 and March 30, 2004 he was France's Minister of Budget. A 2009 attempt to be chosen to head the centre right wing UMP list for the 2010 regional elections was successful, with 54.49% of the party members' voters. However, he was forced to announce he would not stand due to disagreements within the party over his candidature.