Sylvia Pinel
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Sylvia Pinel | |
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![]() Sylvia Pinel in 2013 | |
Member of theNational Assembly forTarn-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency | |
In office 12 March 2016 – 21 June 2022 | |
Parliament | 14thand15th(Fifth Republic) |
Preceded by | Jacques Moignard |
Succeeded by | Marine Hamelet |
Parliamentary group | RRDP(2016-2017) NI(2017-2018) LIOT(2018-2021) App.LIOT(2021-2022) |
Constituency | Tarn-et-Garonne's2nd |
In office 20 June 2007 – 21 July 2012 | |
Parliament | 13thand14th(Fifth Republic) |
Preceded by | Jacques Briat |
Succeeded by | Jacques Moignard |
Parliamentary group | SRC(2007-2012) RRDP(2012) |
Constituency | Tarn-et-Garonne's2nd |
Co-president of theRadical Movement | |
In office 9 December 2017 – 8 February 2019 Serving withLaurent Hénart | |
Preceded by | Party created |
Succeeded by | Laurent Hénart(alone) |
Member of theRegional councilofOccitanie | |
In office 4 January 2016 – 1 July 2021 | |
President | Carole Delga |
Constituency | Tarn-et-Garonne |
Minister of Housing, Territorial Equality, and Rurality | |
In office 2 April 2014 – 11 February 2016 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Manuel Valls |
Government | Valls IandII |
Preceded by | Cécile Duflot |
Succeeded by | Emmanuelle Cosse(Housing) Jean-Michel Baylet(Territorial planning and Rurality) |
Minister of Arts and Crafts, Trade and Tourism | |
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014 | |
President | François Hollande |
Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
Government | Ayrault |
Preceded by | Frédéric Lefebvre |
Succeeded by | Valérie Fourneyron(Trade and Arts and Crafts) Fleur Pellerin(Tourism) |
Personal details | |
Born | L'Union,Haute-Garonne,France | 28 September 1977
Political party | PRG |
Alma mater | Toulouse 1 University Capitole |
Sylvia Pinel(French pronunciation:[silvjapinɛl];born 28 September 1977) is a French politician who served as a member of theNational Assembly of Francefrom 2016 to2022,[1]representing the2nd constituencyin theTarn-et-Garonnedepartment.[2]Since 3 September 2016, she has been the leader of the moderate and social-liberal centre-leftRadical Party of the Left.
Early life and education
[edit]Pinel attended Lycée Michelet inMontauban,and received aDESSfocusing on litigation and arbitration and aDEAin European law at Toulouse at theToulouse 1 University Capitole,she studied her first year of law school at the university center ofMontauban.
Pinel's mother was Deputy Mayor ofFabas,worked with Senator-Mayor radicalPierre Tajan.Her father, Michel Pinel, who died in 2011, was an alderman inGargas.
Political career
[edit]Member of the National Assembly, 2007–2012
[edit]In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in2007,Pinel was elected in the 2nd constituency ofTarn-et-Garonne(Castelsarrasin). In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in 2012, she was re-elected in the same constituency by 30,445 votes (54.31%) to 20,417 (40.14%) for her opponent, Dulac; there were 50,862 valid votes cast out of 89,289 electors.
In parliament, Pinel served on theCommittee on Legal Affairs(2007-2012) and theDefence Committee(2016-2017).[3]
Career in government
[edit]On 16 May 2012, Pinel was appointed Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the FrenchMinistry of Productive Recoveryby PresidentFrançois Hollande;shortly after, on 18 June 2012, she became Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the FrenchMinistry of Productive Recovery.
On 2 April 2014, Pinel was appointedMinister of Territorial Equality and Housingin thegovernmentofPrime MinisterManuel Valls.During her time in office, France announced measures in 2015 to boost its housing market, providing €2 billion ($2.15 billion) in tax relief to banks offering new zero-interest mortgages.[4]
In theSocialist Party'sprimaries,Pinel ran to become the party's candidate in the2017 French presidential election;she was the only female candidate.[5]She eventually lost againstBenoît Hamon.[6][7]
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022
[edit]In the second round (run-off) of the2017 French legislative election,Pinel was re-elected in the same constituency by 21,398 votes (55.40%) to 17,230 (44.60%) for herNational Frontopponent,Romain Lopez;there were 38,628 valid votes cast out of 93,329 electors.
In parliament, Pinel served on theCommission on Economic Affairsfrom 2019 to 2022. She was also a member of theFinance Committee(2017-2020).[8]
Following the formation of theLiberties and Territories(LT) parliamentary group in 2018, Pinel became its deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of co-chairsBertrand PancherandPhilippe Vigier.[9]When Vigier left the group in 2020, she succeeded him as co-chair.
Pinellost her seatin the first round in the2022 French legislative election.[10]It was won byNational RallycandidateMarine Hameletin the second round.[11]
References
[edit]- ^Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022),Résultats législatives 2022: qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour?Le Figaro.
- ^"Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours"(in French). National Assembly of France.Retrieved4 July2010.
- ^Sylvia PinelNational Assembly.
- ^Michel Rose, (9 November 2015),France introduces new measures to boost depressed housing marketReuters.
- ^John Irish (17 December 2016),Seven candidates to compete in French left-wing presidential primariesReuters.
- ^Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (13 January 2017),France’s Socialist contenders expose deep divisions in TV debateFinancial Times.
- ^Lucy Williamson (21 January 2017),France's Socialists open battle for party's futureBBC News.
- ^Sylvia PinelNational Assembly.
- ^Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (17 October 2018),Assemblée nationale: création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires»Le Figaro.
- ^"Législatives 2022. Voici les résultats du 1er tour dans la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne".actu.fr(in French). 12 June 2022.Retrieved18 June2022.
- ^"Qui sont les 9 candidats de la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne?".ladepeche.fr(in French).Retrieved14 June2022.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from L'Union
- Radical Party of the Left politicians
- Radical Movement politicians
- Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Members of Parliament for Tarn-et-Garonne
- Regional councillors of France
- Women government ministers of France
- Women members of the National Assembly (France)
- 21st-century French women politicians
- Toulouse 1 University Capitole alumni