Xavier Cadoret is the Mayor of Saint Gerand le Puy since 1991, Associate Professor of economics and management in higher classes, Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe since 2010 and Vice-President of the Congress since 2016. Xavier Cadoret holds elective offices since 1989 either at the national level (deputy mayor, mayor, substitute deputy of the National Assembly) or at the European level (Member of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities). In his capacity as a member of the Congress Monitoring Committee, he has participated in several election observation missions in Bulgaria, Armenia, Ukraine and Albania.