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Jean-Michel Clément

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Jean-Michel Clément
Jean-Michel Clément in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Vienne's 3rd constituency
In office
20 June 2007 – June 2022
Preceded byArnaud Lepercq
Succeeded byPascal Lecamp
Personal details
Born (1954-10-31) 31 October 1954 (age 70)
Mauprévoir, France
Political partySocialist Party
La République En Marche!
Place Publique
Alma materUniversity of Poitiers

Jean-Michel Clément (born 31 October 1954) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly of France from the 2007 elections to 2022, representing the 3rd constituency of the Vienne department.[1] He is a former member of La République En Marche! (LREM) and of the Socialist Party.

Political career

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In parliament, Clément served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Irish Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[2]

He was a member of the Socialist Party from 2007 to 2017. In the 2017 election he was first nominated as a socialist, then nominated by La République En Marche!

Following disagreements over a parliamentary vote on immigration in April 2018, Clément became the first lawmaker to leave then two-year-old LREM.[3] In October 2018, he was one of the founding members of the Liberties and Territories parliamentary group.[4]

He was a Miscellaneous left candidate in the 2022 French legislative election, he was beaten in the first round, collecting 11.98% and arriving in fourth position. He is preceded by candidates from the National Rally, the presidential majority and the New People's Ecological and Social Union.[5] The seat was won in the second round by Pascal Lecamp from the Democratic Movement.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. ^ Jean-Michel Clément French National Assembly.
  3. ^ Elizabeth Pineau (April 24, 2018), Breakaway Macron lawmaker warns of lack of debate in party Reuters.
  4. ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (October 17, 2018), Assemblée nationale : création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires» Le Figaro.
  5. ^ "Legislatives Vienne". lanouvellerepublique.fr. 14 June 2022.
  6. ^ nationale, Assemblée. "Mme Delphine Lingemann - Puy-de-Dôme (4e circonscription)". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.