Frédéric Nihous is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 politician

Politician

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 from the Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Traditions party. He was a candidate for the 2007 French presidential election

French presidential election, 2007

The 2007 French presidential election, the ninth of the Fifth French Republic was held to elect the successor to Jacques Chirac as president of France for a five-year term.The winner, decided on 5 and 6 May 2007, was Nicolas Sarkozy...

, but was eliminated in the first round of balloting. He was second to last, with 1.15% of votes (420 645 votes).

Born in Valenciennes

Valenciennes

Valenciennes is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded...

, his origins are in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, in Northern France, but he currently lives in the Pyrénées Atlantiques, in south-western France.
He was the Secretary General for CPNT starting in 1999 in the European Parliament. In 2002 he was the director of the presidential campaign of Jean Saint-Josse

Jean Saint-Josse

Jean Saint-Josse is a French politician and former member of the Rally for the Republic , he is currently the leader of the ruralist Hunt, Fish, Nature, Traditions party....

(founder of CPNT). After the election he became the parliamentary assistant to Saint-Josse, and controlled the political direction of the party.

He is a husband and father of two.