Jean-Michel Clément
Jean-Michel Clément in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Vienne's 3rd constituency
In office
20 June 2007  June 2022
Personal details
Born (1954-10-31) 31 October 1954
Mauprévoir, France
Political partySocialist Party
La République En Marche!
Place Publique
Alma materUniversity of Poitiers

Jean-Michel Clément (born 31 October 1954) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since the 2007 elections, representing the 3rd constituency of the Vienne department.[1] He is a former member of La République En Marche! (LREM) and of the Socialist Party.

Political career

In parliament, Clément serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Irish Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[2]

Following disagreements over a parliamentary vote on immigration in April 2018, Clément became the first lawmaker to leave then two-year-old LREM.[3] In October 2018, he was one of the founding members of the Liberties and Territories parliamentary group.[4]

He was a Miscellaneous left candidate in the 2022 French legislative election, he was beaten in the first round, collecting 11.98% and arriving in fourth position. He is preceded by candidates from the National Rally, the presidential majority and the New People's Ecological and Social Union.[5]

References

  1. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. Jean-Michel Clément French National Assembly.
  3. Elizabeth Pineau (April 24, 2018), Breakaway Macron lawmaker warns of lack of debate in party Reuters.
  4. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (October 17, 2018), Assemblée nationale : création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires» Le Figaro.
  5. "Legislatives Vienne". lanouvellerepublique.fr. 14 June 2022.


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