Laurent Pietraszewski

Laurent Pietraszewski (born 19 November 1966) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Secretary of State for Pensions[1] in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2019 to 2022.

Laurent Pietraszewski
Laurent Pietraszewski in 2019
Secretary of State to Pensions
In office
17 December 2019 – 20 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded byJean-Paul Delevoye
Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 11th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 17 January 2020
Preceded byYves Durand
Succeeded byFlorence Morlighem
Personal details
Born (1966-11-19) 19 November 1966
Saint-Denis, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materUniversity of Lille

Early career

Prior to his election, Pietraszewski had never been politically active. He was Director of Human resources at Auchan.[2]

Political career

Pietraszewski became a member of the French National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing department of Nord's 11th constituency.[3]

In parliament, Pietraszewski served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, where he was his parliamentary group's coordinator from 2018 until 2019.[4] Within his parliamentary group, he was one of the proponents of the government's plans for a reform of the pensions system.[5] In late 2019, he briefly served as one of his parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[6]

In December 2019, Pietraszewski was appointed to replace Jean-Paul Delevoye as Secretary of State for Pensions, serving under the leadership of successive Ministers of Health Agnès Buzyn (2019–2020) and Olivier Véran (since 2020).[6]

For the 2021 regional elections, Pietraszewski was nominated as LREM's candidate to become President of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France, challenging incumbent Xavier Bertrand.[7]

In the 2022 French legislative election, he lost his seat to Roger Vicot from the Socialist Party (NUPES).[8]

Political positions

In July 2019, Pietraszewski voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Laurent Pietraszewski". Gouvernement.fr.
  2. Bertrand Bissuel (11 July 2017), Laurent Pietraszewski, un manageur à l’Assemblée nationale Le Monde.
  3. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. Mathilde Siraud (23 January 2018), À l'Assemblée, Ferrand tente de ressouder les Marcheurs Le Figaro.
  5. Marie-Cécile Renault (3 October 2018), Retraite : 38 ambassadeurs pour porter la réforme Le Figaro.
  6. Manon Rescan, Cédric Pietralunga, Bertrand Bissuel, Anne Michel and Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières (18 December 2019), Laurent Pietraszewski, un ex-cadre d’Auchan chargé de la réforme des retraites Le Monde.
  7. Pierre-Paul Bermingham (5 May 2021), French justice minister tipped to run against conservative Macron rival Politico Europe.
  8. l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022". French Government (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  9. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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