Annie Chapelier

Annie Chapelier (born 7 November 1967) is a French nurse anesthetist and politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Gard.[1] From 2017 until 2020, she was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM). In May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.[2]

Annie Chapelier
Member of the French National Assembly for Gard's 4th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byFabrice Verdier
Succeeded byPierre Meurin
Personal details
Born (1967-11-07) 7 November 1967
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLa République En Marche! (2017–2020)

Political career

In parliament, Chapelier served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[3] In addition to her committee assignments, she chaired the French Parliamentary Friendship Group with South Sudan.

Chapelier did not seek re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.[4]

Political positions

In 2018, Chapelier joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.[5]

In June 2019, Chapelier was one of five members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalize the distribution and use of cannabis.[6][7]

In July 2019, Chapelier voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 October 2020), Jennifer de Temmerman : «Je quitte le groupe EDS» à l'Assemblée Le Figaro.
  3. Annie Chapelier French National Assembly.
  4. "Gard : à six mois des élections législatives, c'est déjà l'heure des manœuvres". midilibre.fr (in French). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
  6. Harriet Agnew (20 June 2019), French MPs push to legalise distribution and use of cannabis Financial Times.
  7. Marylou Magal (19 June 2019), Les députés LREM Person et Taché favorables à la légalisation du cannabis Le Figaro.
  8. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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