Laurent Pietraszewski
Laurent Pietraszewski | |
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Secretary of State to Pensions | |
In office 17 December 2019 – 20 May 2022 | |
President | Emmanuel Macron |
Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe Jean Castex |
Preceded by | Jean-Paul Delevoye |
Member of the National Assembly for Nord's 11th constituency | |
In office 21 June 2017 – 17 January 2020 | |
Preceded by | Yves Durand |
Succeeded by | Florence Morlighem |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Denis, France | 19 November 1966
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Alma mater | University of Lille |
Laurent Pietraszewski (born 19 November 1966) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Secretary of State for Pensions[1] in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2019 to 2022.
Early career
[edit]Prior to his election, Pietraszewski had never been politically active. He was Director of Human resources at Auchan.[2]
Political career
[edit]Pietraszewski became a member of the French National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing department of Nord's 11th constituency.[3]
In parliament, Pietraszewski served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, where he was his parliamentary group's coordinator from 2018 until 2019.[4] Within his parliamentary group, he was one of the proponents of the government's plans for a reform of the pensions system.[5] In late 2019, he briefly served as one of his parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[6]
In December 2019, Pietraszewski was appointed to replace Jean-Paul Delevoye as Secretary of State for Pensions, serving under the leadership of successive Ministers of Health Agnès Buzyn (2019–2020) and Olivier Véran (since 2020).[6]
For the 2021 regional elections, Pietraszewski was nominated as LREM's candidate to become President of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France, challenging incumbent Xavier Bertrand.[7]
In the 2022 French legislative election, he lost his seat to Roger Vicot from the Socialist Party (NUPES).[8]
Political positions
[edit]In July 2019, Pietraszewski voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Laurent Pietraszewski". Gouvernement.fr.
- ^ Bertrand Bissuel (11 July 2017), Laurent Pietraszewski, un manageur à l’Assemblée nationale Le Monde.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Mathilde Siraud (23 January 2018), À l'Assemblée, Ferrand tente de ressouder les Marcheurs Le Figaro.
- ^ Marie-Cécile Renault (3 October 2018), Retraite : 38 ambassadeurs pour porter la réforme Le Figaro.
- ^ a b Manon Rescan, Cédric Pietralunga, Bertrand Bissuel, Anne Michel and Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières (18 December 2019), Laurent Pietraszewski, un ex-cadre d’Auchan chargé de la réforme des retraites Le Monde.
- ^ Pierre-Paul Bermingham (5 May 2021), French justice minister tipped to run against conservative Macron rival Politico Europe.
- ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022". French Government (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.