Pieyre-Alexandre Anglade (born 2 November 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 4th constituency for French residents overseas in the

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since

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. A member of

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, his constituency comprises the

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, the

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Early life and education

Born in

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, Anglade was raised by a divorced mother in a Paris suburb.Maïa de La Baume (9 February 2018)
Macron’s opening European gambit
'' Politico Europe''. He graduated from the Sorbonne and the

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(IEP de Strasbourg).

Political career

Anglade joined LREM in 2016. When Macron launched his bid for the presidency in November 2016, Anglade was a parliamentary assistant and political adviser, who worked successively for

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and

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, two members of the liberal

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(ALDE)

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. After Macron’s victory in May 2017, Anglade quit his job at the Parliament to campaign for the National Assembly under the LREM banner. In the 2017 legislative election, he defeated Sophie Rauszer, supported by La France Insoumise (LFI), with over 73% of the vote in the second round. He succeeded Philip Cordery, a member of the

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(PS), who placed fourth in the election. In Parliament, Anglade served as member of the Defence Committee from 2017 until 2019 before moving to the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs in 2019. In 2019, he was elected as the committee's chairman; however, due to disagreements with incumbent chairwoman Sabine Thillaye who refused to accept the legality of the vote, he did not take office. In addition to his committee assignments, Anglade is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with

and

. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the French delegation to the

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. In December 2017, Anglade was appointed by Christophe Castaner to set up a task force in charge of preparing LREM's campaign for the 2019 European elections.

Political positions

In July 2019, Anglade voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anglade, Pieyre-Alexandre 1986 births Living people Politicians from Paris Renaissance (French political party) politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 21st-century French politicians University of Strasbourg alumni Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for French people living outside France