Jacques Maire (born 4 April 1962) is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 8th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).[1]

Jacques Maire
Member of the National Assembly
for Hauts-de-Seine's 8th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byJean-Jacques Guillet
Succeeded byPrisca Thévenot
Personal details
Born (1962-04-04) 4 April 1962 (age 62)
Enghien-les-Bains, France
Political partyLa République En Marche! (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Socialist Party (until 2016)
Parent
Alma materParis Dauphine University
Sciences Po
École nationale d'administration

Career

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In Parliament, Maire serves as deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Franco-Japanese Friendship Group and the Franco-Australian Friendship Group.[2]

In addition to his committee assignments, Maire has been a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017.[3] In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and as the Assembly's rapporteur on Algeria (2019)[4] and the poisoning of Alexei Navalny (2020).[5]

In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Maire supported Barbara Pompili's candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly.[6] Since 2020, he has been serving as his parliamentary group's co-rapporteur on the government's pension reform plans, alongside Guillaume Gouffier-Cha, Carole Grandjean and Corinne Vignon.[7] He co-founded a new political party alongside Pompili; En Commun in 2020.[8]

In April 2021, Maire was included in a list of eight public officials that were banned by Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from entering the country in retaliation for EU sanctions on Russians.[9]

Political positions

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In 2019, Maire voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10] In 2020, Maire co-authored (along with Michèle Tabarot) a parliamentary report recommending tighter parliamentary oversight of government decisions on arms exports.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Jacques Maire French National Assembly.
  3. ^ Jacques Maire Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  4. ^ Jacques Maire: “Intensifying the parliamentary dialogue with Algeria is needed more than ever” Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of 13 March 2019.
  5. ^ Roman Goncharenko (29 October 2020), Special rapporteur on Alexei Navalny poisoning: We bet on Russia's cooperation Deutsche Welle.
  6. ^ Julie Cloris (9 September 2018), Duel Ferrand-Pompili pour présider l’Assemblée : qui soutient qui ? Le Parisien.
  7. ^ Isabelle Ficek (16 January 2020), Retraites : les députés de la majorité qui vont porter le projet de loi à l'Assemblée Les Échos.
  8. ^ magazine, Le Point (13 October 2020). "Majorité: le courant "En Commun!" de Pompili devient un parti". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ Andrew Gray (April 30, 2021), Russia bans top EU officials in retaliation for sanctions Politico Europe.
  10. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  11. ^ Elise Vincent (17 November 2020), Deux députés réclament un droit de regard permanent sur les exportations d’armes Le Monde.