René Couanau

René Couanau
Couanau in 2006
Mayor of Saint-Malo
In office
25 March 1989  4 April 2014
Preceded byMarcel Planchet
Succeeded byClaude Renoult
Member of the National Assembly
for Ille-et-Vilaine's 7th constituency
In office
23 June 1988  19 June 2012
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byGilles Lurton
Personal details
Born(1936-07-10)10 July 1936
Saint-Malo, France
Died30 November 2024(2024-11-30) (aged 88)
Saint-Malo, France
Political partyUMP (2002–2010)
Other political
affiliations
UDF (until 2002)
Alma materÉNA

René Couanau (10 July 1936 – 30 November 2024) was a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly of France between 1988 and 2012. He represented the Ille-et-Vilaine department, and was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

From 1989, he was mayor of Saint-Malo, the second largest city in Ille-et-Vilaine, but was defeated 30 March 2014 by his former deputy major Claude Renoult.

Couanau died in Saint-Malo on 30 November 2024, at the age of 88.