Michèle Peyron (born 22 July 1961) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!) who has represented the 9th constituency of the Seine-et-Marne department in the National Assembly since the 2017 legislative election.[1]
Michèle Peyron | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 9th constituency | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Guy Geoffroy |
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| Born | 22 July 1961 Nîmes, France |
| Political party | Renaissance (2016–2020, 2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (prior to 2016) Territories of Progress (2020–2022) |
| Residence(s) | Brie-Comte-Robert, Seine-et-Marne |
Political career
editIn the 1995 municipal election, Peyron first became a municipal councillor in Le Pradet, Var, in Southern France, at the time representing the Socialist Party (PS).[2] In May 2016, she joined En Marche! (later La République En Marche!) and became head of the movement's local branch in Seine-et-Marne.[3]
She successfully ran for the National Assembly in the 2017 legislative election in which she succeeded outgoing The Republicans representative Guy Geoffroy. In Parliament, Peyron serves as member of the Committee on Social Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Vietnamese Parliamentary Friendship Group.[4] In 2018, she also joined a parliamentary working group on the G5 Sahel, which is studying how to help Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger confront terrorist groups in the region.[5]
In March 2020, LREM group chairman Gilles Le Gendre appointed Peyron and Mickaël Nogal as the parliamentary majority's rapporteurs on economic and health emergency measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[6] In 2020, Peyron joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[7]
In the 2022 legislative election, Peyron successfully ran for reelection to a second term in office under the Ensemble (ENS) coalition.
Following Fadila Khattabi's appointment to the government amid a 2023 cabinet reshuffle, Peyron became one of the two candidates (alongside Charlotte Lecocq of Nord) to succeed her as chairwoman of the Committee on Social Affairs.[8]
Political positions
editIn a 2017 parliamentary debate on extending immunisation coverage in France, Peyron publicly recounted her personal experience of losing a child at birth in 1986 due to lack of prior immunisation.[9]
Personal life
editPeyron has two children.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Pierre Choisnet (6 June 2017), "Législatives : Michèle Peyron (LREM) veut rassembler villes et champs de la 9e circonscription" (in French).
- ^ Martine Bréson (19 June 2017), "Législatives 2017 : qui est Michèle Peyron la nouvelle députée REM de Seine-et-Marne ?", Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ Michèle Peyron, French National Assembly (in French).
- ^ Pascale De Souza (17 June 2018), "Députés en Seine-et-Marne : Michèle Peyron, la discrète", Le Parisien (in French).
- ^ Mathilde Siraud (31 March 2020), "Coronavirus: en première ligne, deux députés LREM jouent les relais avec l’exécutif", Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), "L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur »", L'Obs (in French).
- ^ Wally Bordas (25 July 2023), "Après le remaniement, les macronistes vont redistribuer certains postes-clés à l’Assemblée", Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ a b Pascale De Souza (5 January 2018), "Michèle Peyron, députée de Seine-et-Marne : « Je sais qu’un défaut de vaccin peut tuer »", Le Parisien (in French).