Carole Grandjean
Carole Grandjean | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chaynesse Khirouni |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Guillemard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1983 Suresnes, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | Lille University of Science and Technology |
Carole Grandjean (born 18 May 1983) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Minister for Education and Vocational Training in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022.[1] From the 2017 elections to 2022, she was a member of the French National Assembly, representing the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.[2]
Political career
[edit]Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022
[edit]In parliament, Grandjean served as member of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[3] On the Committee on Social Affairs, she was her parliamentary group's co-rapporteur on the government's pension reform plans since 2020, alongside Guillaume Gouffier-Cha, Jacques Maire and Corinne Vignon.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Grandjean was a member of the French-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2019, she was also a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
Career in government, 2022–present
[edit]In October 2023, Grandjean participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.[5][6]
Political positions
[edit]In 2018, Grandjean joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.[7][8]
In July 2019, Grandjean voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Marie-Christine Corbier and Alain Ruello (4 July 2022), Remaniement : Carole Grandjean en charge de la grande réforme des lycées professionnels Les Echos.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Carole Grandjean French National Assembly.
- ^ Isabelle Ficek (16 January 2020), Retraites : les députés de la majorité qui vont porter le projet de loi à l'Assemblée Les Échos.
- ^ Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
- ^ Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
- ^ John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
- ^ [1] French National Assembly.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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- 1983 births
- Living people
- Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Renaissance (French political party) politicians
- 21st-century French women politicians
- People from Suresnes
- Politicians from Île-de-France
- Women members of the National Assembly (France)
- Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Members of the Borne government
- Members of Parliament for Meurthe-et-Moselle