Marie Lebec

Marie Lebec
Lebec in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Yvelines's 4th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 July 2024
Preceded byDenis Bernaert
In office
21 June 2017 – 11 February 2024
Preceded byPierre Lequiller
Succeeded byDenis Bernaert
Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament
In office
11 January 2024 – 21 September 2024
Prime MinisterGabriel Attal
Preceded byFranck Riester
Succeeded byNathalie Delattre
Personal details
Born (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990 (age 35)
Vernon, France
PartyRenaissance (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Union for a Popular Movement (formerly)
EducationInstitut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
Cardiff University

Marie Lebec ([maʁi ləbɛk] ⓘ; born 17 December 1990) is a French politician who served as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal from January to September 2024. A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!), she has represented the 4th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly since 2024, previously holding the seat from 2017 until her appointment to the government earlier in 2024.

Lebec is considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.

Early life

Marie Lebec was born on 17 December 1990 in Vernon, in the Eure department. She grew up in Louveciennes, a Parisian suburb. She graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux in public affairs in 2014 and from Cardiff University in European and international affairs.

Lebec supported Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. From 2014 to 2016 she was a parliamentary staffer to Christian Franqueville, a Socialist member of the National Assembly, representing Vosges. Lebec was then a lobbyist for the consulting firm Euralia, from which she took leave to stand in the 2017 legislative election.

Political career

In 2016, Lebec joined En Marche, which would be renamed La République En Marche! (LREM) the following year. At age 26, she was the youngest LREM candidate in the 2017 legislative election. She won the 4th constituency of Yvelines seat with 61.3% of the second-round vote.

In Parliament, Lebec is a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs (2017–2020, 2024–present). She was a member of the Committee on Finance (2020–2022) and Committee on Laws (2022–2024). In addition to her committee assignments, she was a delegate to the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (2017–2022, 2023–2024) and chaired the French-Ivorian (2017–2022) and French-Burundian/Rwandan (2022–2024) Parliamentary Friendship Groups.

From 2019, Lebec was part of the LREM parliamentary group's leadership around its president Gilles Le Gendre. In 2020, she assisted Le Gendre with coordinating the group's support for the government's pension reform plans. From 2020 to 2022 she was first deputy group president under Christophe Castaner.

In 2024, Lebec was appointed Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament in the Attal government, a position she did not keep in the Barnier government, instead returning to the National Assembly. She was the youngest member of the Attal government.

Political positions

In July 2019, Lebec voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elections législatives 2017" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Cédric Pietralunga; Alexandre Lemarié (20 October 2017), La République en marche: Les snipers de la Macronie. Le Monde (in French).
  3. ↑ Yann Guégan; Diane de Fortanier (17 October 2018). "La galaxie LRM à l'Assemblée nationale". Contexte.com (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "Marie Lebec élue députée En marche à 26 ans, dans les Yvelines : "Je l'ai fait et j'en suis fière"". Franceinfo (in French). 19 June 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Rémi Clément (19 May 2017). "Elue à 26 ans, qui est Marie Lebec la nouvelle députée En Marche des Yvelines ?". Challenges (in French). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Législatives 2017 : dans la 4e circonscription, la benjamine des candidats en marche vers l'Assemblée". Le Parisien (in French). 11 June 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ↑ Marie Lebec, National Assembly (in French).
  8. ↑ Mathilde Siraud (14 January 2019), Le groupe LaREM à l'Assemblée muscle son équipe de porte-parole. Le Figaro (in French).
  9. ↑ Isabelle Ficek (16 January 2020), Retraites : les députés de la majorité qui vont porter le projet de loi à l'Assemblée. Les Echos (in French).
  10. ↑ Sébastien Birden (11 January 2024). "Remaniement : qui est Marie Lebec, la nouvelle ministre chargée des Relations avec le Parlement ?". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  11. ↑ Valérie Gas (13 January 2024), Remaniement en France: qui est Marie Lebec, la plus jeune ministre du gouvernement Attal?. RFI (in French).
  12. ↑ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés. Le Monde (in French).