Bruno Questel (born 21 December 1966) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,[1] representing the department of Eure.[2]
Bruno Questel | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Eure's 4th constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | François Loncle |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Brun |
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| Born | 21 December 1966 Bourg-Achard, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Political career
editFrom 2005 until 2017, Questel was a member of the Socialist Party (PS). In the party's primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, he endorsed Arnaud Montebourg; when Benoît Hamon became the party's candidate, Questel left and joined LREM.
In parliament, Questel served on the Committee on Legal Affairs.[3] In this capacity, he was the parliament's rapporteur on a proposal to establish a municipal police in Paris (2019)[4] and (alongside Raphaël Schellenberger) on territorial reforms (2019).[5] In addition to his committee assignments, Questel chaired the French-Kosovar Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In early 2018, Questel was one of several LREM member who joined an informal parliamentary working group on Islam in France set up by Florent Boudié in order to contribute to the government's bill aimed at better organizing and supervising the financing of the Muslim faith in France.[6]
From 2018 until 2020, Questel served as one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[7]
Questel lost his seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.[8]
Political positions
editIn July 2019, Questel voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]
Personal life
editIn December 2018, around 40 protesters of the yellow vests movement fired six shotgun rounds in front of Questel’s home and he received many threatening letters.[10]
In January 2021, Questel revealed that he was the victim of sexual abuse at the age of 11.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Bruno Questel French National Assembly.
- ^ Police municipale: la mairie de Paris dénonce une «manœuvre électoraliste» du gouvernement Le Figaro, 22 November 2019.
- ^ Grégoire Normand (20 December 2019), Régions : un rapport parlementaire dézingue la loi NOTRe La Tribune.
- ^ Mathilde Siraud (4 July 2018), Les députés LaREM planchent sur l'islam de France Le Monde.
- ^ Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents Le Journal du Dimanche.
- ^ "Législatives 2022 : Bruno Questel éliminé, François Pupponi en difficulté". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- ^ Henrique Valadares (12 January 2019), French MPs face unprecedented death threats from 'Yellow Vest' protesters France 24.
- ^ Pierre Lepelletier (January 20, 2021), «Ce n'est pas réparable» : le député LREM Bruno Questel révèle avoir été violé à 11 ans Le Figaro.