Carole Bureau-Bonnard (born 9 August 1965) is a French kinesiotherapist and politician who was elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 French legislative election, representing the department of Oise.[1] She is a member of Renaissance (RE).
Carole Bureau-Bonnard | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Oise's 6th constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Patrice Carvalho |
| Succeeded by | Michel Guiniot |
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| Born | 9 August 1965 La Fère |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Renaissance |
Political career
editIn 2008, she was elected as a municipal councillor of Noyon and became, in 2010, first deputy mayor of the town. She is also elected to the community of communes of the Pays Noyonnais, of which she is vice-president.
Having previously been active for the Socialist Party, Bureau-Bonnard joined LREM in 2017.[2]
In parliament, Bureau-Bonnard has been a member of the Defence Committee since 2017. From 2017 until 2019, she served as one of six vice-presidents of the National Assembly, under the leadership of president Richard Ferrand.[3] In this capacity, she was in charge of the parliament's international activities.[4]
She lost her seat in the second round of the 2022 French legislative election to National Rally candidate Michel Guiniot.
Political positions
editIn July 2019, Bureau-Bonnard voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[5]
Controversy
editIn 2019, Bureau-Bonnard's office in Noyon was vandalized during anti-government protests of the Yellow vests movement.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée Libération, 9 September 2019.
- ^ Laure Equy (24 July 2019), Elections LREM à l'Assemblée : la super-prime au sortant Libération, 9 September 2019.
- ^ Carole Bureau-Bonnard: 'The Council of Europe, an irreplaceable forum for dialogue' Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), press release of 24 May 2019.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- ^ Sudip Kar-Gupta (2 August 2019), French farmers dump manure outside office of Macron party lawmaker Reuters.