Jean-Michel Fauvergue
Jean-Michel Fauvergue | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 8th constituency | |
In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Eduardo Rihan-Cypel |
Succeeded by | Hadrien Ghomi |
Personal details | |
Born | Bages, France | 31 January 1957
Political party | Renaissance (2017–present) |
Occupation | Police commander |
Jean-Michel Fauvergue (French pronunciation: [ʒamiʃɛl fovɛʁɡ]; born 31 January 1957) is a French former police commander and politician who served in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the 8th constituency of the Seine-et-Marne department.[1][2] He is a member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!) which he joined in 2017.
Early career
[edit]Before entering politics, Fauvergue was the commander of the RAID special police forces unit (2013–2017) which carried out the raids in response to the January and November 2015 Paris attacks.[3]
Political career
[edit]As a parliamentarian, Fauvergue served on the Committee on Legal Affairs. Together with Alice Thourot, he co-authored a 2018 report with more than 70 recommendations on how to support security forces and the Municipal Police in France.[4] In 2020, he served as co-capporteur (alongside Thourot) on a law proposed by Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin to criminalize the dissemination of images showing law enforcement officers with the intention of causing harm to them.[5]
Political positions
[edit]In July 2019, Fauvergue voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ French election: Macron team complete rout with Assembly win BBC News, 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Jerusalem Post. "French Commandos in anti ISIS raid". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ Annabelle Timsit (12 September 2018), France is proposing to give all local cops guns Quartz.
- ^ Sébastien Tronche and Etienne Baldit (13 November 2020), Loi «sécurité globale» : Darmanin veut durcir le texte et introduire le floutage des visages des policiers Libération.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.