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Sylvia Pinel

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Sylvia Pinel
Sylvia Pinel in 2013
Member of theNational Assembly
forTarn-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency
In office
12 March 2016 – 21 June 2022
Parliament14thand15th(Fifth Republic)
Preceded byJacques Moignard
Succeeded byMarine Hamelet
Parliamentary groupRRDP(2016-2017)
NI(2017-2018)
LIOT(2018-2021)
App.LIOT(2021-2022)
ConstituencyTarn-et-Garonne's2nd
In office
20 June 2007 – 21 July 2012
Parliament13thand14th(Fifth Republic)
Preceded byJacques Briat
Succeeded byJacques Moignard
Parliamentary groupSRC(2007-2012)
RRDP(2012)
ConstituencyTarn-et-Garonne's2nd
Co-president of theRadical Movement
In office
9 December 2017 – 8 Febuary 2019
Serving withLaurent Hénart
Preceded byParty created
Succeeded byLaurent Hénart(alone)
Member of theRegional councilofOccitanie
In office
4 January 2016 – 1 July 2021
PresidentCarole Delga
ConstituencyTarn-et-Garonne
Minister of Housing, Territorial Equality, and Rurality
In office
2 April 2014 – 11 February 2016
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterManuel Valls
GovernmentValls IandII
Preceded byCécile Duflot
Succeeded byEmmanuelle 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
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
GovernmentAyrault
Preceded byFrédéric Lefebvre
Succeeded byValérie Fourneyron(Trade and Arts and Crafts)
Fleur Pellerin(Tourism)
Personal details
Born(1977-09-28)28 September 1977(age 46)
L'Union,Haute-Garonne,France
Political partyPRG
Alma materToulouse 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

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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

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Member of the National Assembly, 2007–2012

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022),Résultats législatives 2022: qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour?Le Figaro.
  2. ^"Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours"(in French). National Assembly of France.Retrieved4 July2010.
  3. ^Sylvia PinelNational Assembly.
  4. ^Michel Rose, (9 November 2015),France introduces new measures to boost depressed housing marketReuters.
  5. ^John Irish (17 December 2016),Seven candidates to compete in French left-wing presidential primariesReuters.
  6. ^Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (13 January 2017),France’s Socialist contenders expose deep divisions in TV debateFinancial Times.
  7. ^Lucy Williamson (21 January 2017),France's Socialists open battle for party's futureBBC News.
  8. ^Sylvia PinelNational Assembly.
  9. ^Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (17 October 2018),Assemblée nationale: création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires»Le Figaro.
  10. ^"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.
  11. ^"Qui sont les 9 candidats de la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne?".ladepeche.fr(in French).Retrieved14 June2022.
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