Yaël Braun-Pivet (; born 7 December 1970) is a French lawyer and politician who has served as President of the French National Assembly since 28 June 2022. She is the first woman to hold this position. A member of
La République En Marche
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Élisabeth Borne
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Yvelines
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Political career
Before entering politics, Braun-Pivet volunteered with
Restaurants du Cœur
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, a French
charity
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, the main activity of which is to distribute food packages and hot meals to those in need.
In parliament, Braun-Pivet chaired the Law Committee. As part of her work on the committee, she led the work on a 2017 law regulating conflict of interest among elected officials, which had been initiated as a consequence of the Fillon affair. From July 2018, she also chaired a parliamentary inquiry into the Benalla affair.
In September 2018, after
François de Rugy
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Since 2007, he has repres ...
's appointment to the government, Braun-Pivet announced her candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly; she eventually withdrew and instead endorsed
Richard Ferrand
Richard Ferrand (; born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as President of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2022. He had served as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th const ...
.
In February 2021, Braun-Pivet received the support of the entire National Assembly after being targeted by an email with anti-Semitic insults and threats; shortly after, the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation.
Political positions
In July 2019, Braun-Pivet voted in favor of the French ratification of the
European Union
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's
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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(CETA) with
Canada
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In 2021, Braun-Pivet proposed to create a new ad-hoc body to better supervise the government's decision-making process on the COVID-19 pandemic in France.
Also in 2021, Braun-Pivet voted against LREM's party line and instead supported draft legislation proposed by the
Liberties and Territories
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Le Monde
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''. Braun-Pivet is
Jewish
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and attended a Jewish school in Strasbourg. Both her grandfathers exiled in France in the 1930s. One of them, who came from Poland, received a French Resistance Medal after World War II.
See also
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2017 French legislative election
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