Martin was
prefect of
Gers department from 1992 to 1994 and prefect of
Landes department from 1994 to 1995. Martin was a member of the
National Assembly from
2002 until 2013, representing
Gers's 1st constituency. In 2014, as part of a wider effort to deter poachers and traffickers, Martin publicly destroyed a stock of about three tons of confiscated ivory from the tusks of African elephants, making France the first European country to take such a step. Shortly after, in an effort to protect the citizens of Paris against pollution triggered by an exceptionally warm spring, he ordered a 20 kilometer-hour reduction of the speed limits, made parking free in the city and diverted large trucks from the city. ==Political positions==