François-Noël Buffet (born 28 August 1963) is a French politician who has served as a Senator for Rhône since 2004. A member of The Republicans (LR), he has also served as a metropolitan councillor of Lyon since 2015. Buffet, who first entered the municipal council of Oullins in 1990, became Deputy Mayor of Oullins in 1995 under the mayorship of Michel Terrot. He served as Mayor of Oullins from 1997 to 2017.