Carole Bureau-Bonnard (born 9 August 1965) is a French

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and politician who was elected to the

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in the

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, representing the department of

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. She is a member of

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(RE).

Political career

In 2008, she was elected as a municipal councillor of Noyon and became, in 2010, first deputy mayor of the town. She is also elected to the community of communes of the Pays Noyonnais, of which she is vice-president. Having previously been active for the

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, Bureau-Bonnard joined LREM in 2017. In parliament, Bureau-Bonnard has been a member of the Defence Committee since 2017. From 2017 until 2019, she served as one of six vice-presidents of the National Assembly, under the leadership of president Richard Ferrand. In this capacity, she was in charge of the parliament's international activities. She lost her seat in the second round of the

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candidate Michel Guiniot.

Political positions

In July 2019, Bureau-Bonnard voted in favour of the French ratification of the

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’s

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(CETA) with

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Controversy

In 2019, Bureau-Bonnard's office in

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was vandalized during anti-government protests of the

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Political career

Political positions

Controversy

See also

References