Daniel Spagnou worked as a savings bank manager, he is now retired. He entered politics by becoming mayor of Sisteron on 14 March 1983. He still holds this position, his list having obtained 57% of the votes cast in 2020. From 15 April 1985 to 18 March 2001 he was a member of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence General Council. He was vice-president from 1988 to 2001. For ten years, from 23 March 1992 to 1 July 2002, he was also a member of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council, of which he was vice-president from 1992 to 1998. On 16 June 2002 he was elected deputy for the 2nd constituency of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence for the 12th legislature (2002–2007). He beat outgoing MP
Robert Honde, former PRG mayor of
Manosque in the second round, collecting 59.91% of the vote in the second round. He was re-elected deputy on 17 June 2007, for the 13th legislature (2007–2012), beating, in the second round,
Christophe Castaner, the PS mayor of Forcalquier, with 53.97% of the vote. He sat in the UMP group. He belonged to the Committee on Cultural Affairs and was a member of the National Assembly delegation on women's rights and equal opportunities between men and women. He was a member of the National Assembly's Tibet Study Group. In January 2011, he announced on his site that he would not be a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections. At the end of 2017, he joined Agir, the constructive right. == Titles ==