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Guillaume Garot (French pronunciation: [ɡijom ɡaʁo]; born 29 May 1966) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has served as a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2012 and since 2014, representing the Mayenne department.[1] From 2012 until 2014, he was Junior Minister for the Food Industry under minister Stéphane Le Foll in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
Guillaume Garot | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 1st constituency | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Pichot |
| In office 17 June 2007 – 17 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Henri Houdouin |
| Succeeded by | Sylvie Pichot |
| French Minister for Food Industry | |
| In office 2012–2014 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Succeeded by | Stéphane Le Foll |
| Mayor of Laval | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Preceded by | François d'Aubert |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Christophe Boyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1966 Laval, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Alma mater | Pantheon-Sorbonne University Sciences Po |
Political career
editGarot became a member of the National Assembly in the 2007 French legislative election. During his first term in parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs (2007-2009) and the Defence Committee (2009-2012) before his appointment to the government.[2] In addition to his activities in national politics, he was the mayor of Laval from 2008 until 2012.[3]
At the Socialist Party's Reims Congress in 2008, Garot supported Ségolène Royal's candidacy as party leader; she eventually lost against Martine Aubry. From 2011, he also worked as spokesperson for Royal's campaign to become the party's candidate for the 2012 French presidential election.[4]
While in government, Garot oversaw the French government's response to the 2013 horse meat scandal.[5]
After leaving government in 2014, Garot was part of the Finance Committee (2014-2015) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2014-2017). Since 2017, he has been serving on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning.[6] In 2015, he was the parliament's rapporteur on legislation obliging supermarkets to hand over unused food to charity and not destroy leftover products.[7][8]
In addition to his committee assignments, Garot is part of the French-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Tunisian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[9]
Other activities
edit- National Council on Food (CNA), Chairman (2016-2019)
Political positions
editIn July 2019, Garot voted against the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10]
In 2023, Garot publicly endorsed the re-election of the Socialist Party's chairman Olivier Faure.[11]
References
edit- ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
- ^ Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
- ^ Laure Bretton (February 25, 2014), Le ministre Garot ne voit pas venir de claque fin mars Libération.
- ^ Laure Equy (October 10, 2011), «Il n’y aura pas de victoire de la gauche en 2012 sans Royal» Libération.
- ^ Hugh Carnegy (December 16, 2013), French police arrest 21 in illicit horsemeat inquiry Financial Times.
- ^ Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
- ^ Henry Samuel (December 10, 2015), France passes 'pioneering' food waste bill to ban supermarkets from binning unused food Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Angelique Chrisafis (May 22, 2015), France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities The Guardian.
- ^ Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- ^ TRIBUNE. Congrès du Parti socialiste : 45 parlementaires apportent leur soutien à Olivier Faure Le Journal du Dimanche, 10 January 2023.
External links
edit- Le blog d'information de Guillaume Garot (in French)
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