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Francis Chouat
Francis Chouat in 2018
Member of the National Assembly for Essonne's 1st constituency
In office
26 November 2018 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byManuel Valls
Succeeded byFarida Amrani
ConstituencyEssonne
Mayor of Évry
In office
3 June 2012 – 26 December 2018
Preceded byManuel Valls
Succeeded byDanielle Valéro
Personal details
Born (1948-12-20) 20 December 1948 (age 75)
Argenteuil, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Francis Chouat (born 20 December 1948) is a French historian and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly after winning a by-election in 2018, representing Essonne's 1st constituency.[1]

Chouat did not run for re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.[2]

Political career

Chouat joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1995. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as economic policy advisor to the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, Jean-Paul Huchon.[3] In 2012, he was elected mayor of Évry, succeeding Manuel Valls.[4] Ahead of the 2017 Senate elections, he left the PS.[5]

In parliament, Chouat served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2018–2019) and the Finance Committee (since 2019).[6]

In February 2020, Chouat joined the newly established Territoires de progrès movement launched by Jean-Yves Le Drian and Olivier Dussopt.[7] By May 2020, he also joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[8]

Political positions

In July 2019, Chouat voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]

Personal life

Chouat's brother Didier Chouat was also an MP.[10]

References

  1. ^ "M. Francis Chouat - Essonne (1re circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ "Essonne : le député Francis Chouat ne se représente pas aux élections législatives". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  3. ^ Béatrice Jérôme (13 December 2013), Le vallsiste Francis Chouat s'intéresse à l'Ile-de-France Le Monde.
  4. ^ Valls cède son poste de maire d'Evry Le Figaro, 3 June 2012.
  5. ^ Cécile Chevallier (19 September 2017), Le PS 91 réclame plus de 69 000 € aux maires d’Evry et de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Le Parisien.
  6. ^ Francis Chouat National Assembly.
  7. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (3 February 2020), L’aile gauche de la majorité s’organise pour « faire contrepoids » à la droite Le Monde.
  8. ^ Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
  9. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  10. ^ Frédéric Barillé (27 November 2014). "Didier Chouat, une page de l'histoire socialiste". le site internet du journal Ouest-France. Retrieved 27 November 2018..
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