Jean-Marie Le Guen

French politician

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Jean-Marie Le Guen


Secretaty of State for Francophonie
In office 6 December 2016 – 17 May 2017
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Bernard Cazeneuve
Preceded by	André Vallini
Councillor of Paris
In office 18 March 2008 – 28 June 2020
Mayor	Bertrand Delanoë Anne Hidalgo
Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 9th constituency
In office 1997–2014
Preceded by	Paul Quilès
Succeeded by	Anne-Christine Lang

Personal details
Born	(1953-01-03) 3 January 1953 (age 71) Paris, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Profession	Physician

Jean-Marie Le Guen (born 3 January 1953) is a French physician, public health expert and politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 1997 until 2014,^[1] representing the 13th arrondissement of Paris. From 2014 until 2016, he served as Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls.

Early life

Le Guen was born on 3 January 1953, in Paris, France.

Politica career

Career in local politics

29 July 1988 – 16 December 1992 : Deputy
20 March 1989 – 18 June 1995 : Member of the general council of Paris
20 March 1989 – 18 June 1995 : Member of the council of Paris
23 March 1992 – 25 June 1997 : Member of the regional council of Île-de-France
19 June 1995 – 18 March 2001 : Member of the general council of Paris
19 June 1995 – 18 March 2001 : Member of the council of Paris

Member of the National Assembly, 1997–2014

Le Guen was first elected to the National Assembly in the 1997 French legislative election. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs from 2002 until 2012.^[2]

On 17 June 2007, Le Guen was reelected as deputy for the XIIIth legislature (2007–2012), in the 9th district of Paris (part of the 13th arrondissement (which includes the neighborhoods of Gare, Salpêtrière, and the part of Maison- Blanche situated to the east of a line defined by the streets avenue d'Italie et avenue de la Porte-d'Italie)) with 22108 votes (62.57%).

On 26 June 2007, Le Guen was elected as vice-president of the National Assembly, under the leadership its president Bernard Accoyer. Within the Socialist Party's parliamentary group, he was responsible for matters of health. In his capacity as chairman of a study group on obesity in the National Assembly, he was the author, in collaboration with Marc Horwitz, of "Obesity: The New French Sickness", published by Armand Colin in March 2005.^[3]^[4] He also chaired a parliamentary task force on the avian influenza, and is vice-president of the parliamentary office of the evaluation of health policy, as well as a titular member of the High Council for the Future of Health Insurance.

In addition to his committee assignments, Le Guen was part of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) from 2007 until 2012.^[5]

From 2008, under Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë, Le Guen also served as assistant to the mayor in charge of public health and relations with the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP). He also chaired the administrative council for the AP-HP.^{[citation needed]}

In the Socialist Party's primaries in 2017, Le Guen publicly criticized Benoît Hamon^[6] and instead endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the presidential elections later that year.^[7]

Life after politics

In June 2017, Le Guen joined French insurance brokerage firm Siaci Saint-Honoré as advisor to the group's chairman Pierre Donnersberg. In addition, he holds the other positions, including:

Swissport, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)
Gategroup, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)
Huawei France, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2020)^[8]

Le Guen also worked for Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild.^[9]

Political positions

In 2004, Le Guen advised the government to consider increasing alcohol taxes as one way of helping to cut a health budget overrun.^[10] In 2016, he called for renewed debate over the decriminalisation of cannabis in France, arguing that "prohibition is not effective."^[11]

External links

Official site of Jean-Marie Le Guen
Robi Morder, "Eléments pour une histoire politique de la mutuelle nationale des étudiants de France", Cahiers du Germe spécial n° 4, 2003/2004 (and on the site germe.info)
Article in Le Monde from 22 March 2006

References

^ "Liste Définitive des Députés Élus À L'issue des Deux Tours" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
^ Jacques Le Guen National Assembly.
^ Elisabeth Rosenthal (4 May 2005), Even the French are fighting obesity New York Times.
^ Elaine Sciolino (24 January 2006), Anti-obesity campaigners come out of French closet New York Times.
^ Jacques Le Guen National Assembly.
^ L’aile droite du Parti socialiste à l’offensive contre Benoît Hamon Le Monde, 28 February 2017.
^ Arnaud Focraud (12 December 2016), Primaire de la gauche : pour qui votent les ministres? Le Journal du Dimanche.
^ Jean-Marie Le Guen entre au conseil d'administration de Huawei France Les Échos, 13 September 2020.
^ Jim Jarrassé, La banque Rothschild, un vivier de politiques, Le Figaro, 27 August 2014
^ Jon Henley (10 January 2004), Days of cheap French drink may be numbered The Guardian.
^ French minister Le Guen reignites cannabis debate BBC News, 12 April 2016.