Laetitia Saint-Paul | |
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Member of the
National Assembly for Maine-et-Loire's 4th constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Michel Piron |
Personal details | |
Born | Chartres, France | 21 January 1981
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Alma mater | École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr |
Laetitia Rachèle Saint-Paul (née Bruneau, 21 January 1981) is a French politician and army officer who has represented the 4th constituency of the Maine-et-Loire department in the National Assembly since 2017. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM), she sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Parliament. [1]
Before entering politics, Saint-Paul commanded a company in the joint Franco-German Brigade as an army major. [2]
In the 2017 legislative election, she was elected to the National Assembly in the 4th constituency of Maine-et-Loire with 58.2% of the second-round vote. She succeeded Michel Piron of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), who did not seek reelection.
In Parliament, Saint-Paul serves as member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, [3] where she coordinates the activities of her parliamentary group. [2] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with China, Lebanon and Mali. Since 2019, she has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
Also in 2019, Saint-Paul replaced Carole Bureau-Bonnard in her position as one of six vice presidents of the National Assembly, under the leadership of President Richard Ferrand. [4] From 2017 to 2022, she was also one of six National Assembly members who served as judges of the Cour de Justice de la République (CJR). [3]
In the 2022 legislative election, she was reelected to Parliament with 60.3% of the second-round vote.
Saint-Paul is considered to be part of her parliamentary group's conservative wing. [5]
In July 2019, Saint-Paul voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. [6]
She is a Senior Network Member at the European Leadership Network (ELN). [7]