Guillaume Garot

Guillaume Garot (born 29 May 1966) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has served as a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2012 and since 2014, representing the Mayenne department.[1] From 2012 until 2014, he was Junior Minister for the Food Industry under minister Stéphane Le Foll in the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

Guillaume Garot
Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 1st constituency
Assumed office
2 May 2014
Preceded bySylvie Pichot
In office
17 June 2007 – 17 June 2012
Preceded byHenri Houdouin
Succeeded bySylvie Pichot
French Minister for Food Industry
In office
2012–2014
PresidentFrançois Hollande
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Succeeded byStéphane Le Foll
Mayor of Laval
In office
2008–2012
Preceded byFrançois d'Aubert
Succeeded byJean-Christophe Boyer
Personal details
Born (1966-05-29) 29 May 1966
Laval, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materPantheon-Sorbonne University
Sciences Po

Political career

Garot became a member of the National Assembly in the 2007 French legislative election. During his first term in parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs (2007-2009) and the Defence Committee (2009-2012) before his appointment to the government.[2] In addition to his activities in national politics, he was the mayor of Laval from 2008 until 2012.[3]

At the Socialist Party's Reims Congress in 2008, Garot supported Ségolène Royal's candidacy as party leader; she eventually lost against Martine Aubry. From 2011, he also worked as spokesperson for Royal's campaign to become the party's candidate for the 2012 French presidential election.[4]

While in government, Garot oversaw the French government's response to the 2013 horse meat scandal.[5]

After leaving government in 2014, Garot was part of the Finance Committee (2014-2015) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2014-2017). Since 2017, he has been serving on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning.[6] In 2015, he was the parliament's rapporteur on legislation obliging supermarkets to hand over unused food to charity and not destroy leftover products.[7][8]

In addition to his committee assignments, Garot is part of the French-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Tunisian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[9]

Other activities
  • National Council on Food (CNA), Chairman (2016-2019)

Political positions

In July 2019, Garot voted against the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10]

In 2023, Garot publicly endorsed the re-election of the Socialist Party's chairman Olivier Faure.[11]

References
  1. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
  3. Laure Bretton (February 25, 2014), Le ministre Garot ne voit pas venir de claque fin mars Libération.
  4. Laure Equy (October 10, 2011), «Il n’y aura pas de victoire de la gauche en 2012 sans Royal» Libération.
  5. Hugh Carnegy (December 16, 2013), French police arrest 21 in illicit horsemeat inquiry Financial Times.
  6. Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
  7. Henry Samuel (December 10, 2015), France passes 'pioneering' food waste bill to ban supermarkets from binning unused food Daily Telegraph.
  8. Angelique Chrisafis (May 22, 2015), France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities The Guardian.
  9. Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
  10. Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  11. TRIBUNE. Congrès du Parti socialiste : 45 parlementaires apportent leur soutien à Olivier Faure Le Journal du Dimanche, 10 January 2023.
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