Pierre Henriet

Pierre Henriet (born 26 November 1991) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Vendée.[1]

Pierre Henriet
Member of the French National Assembly for Vendée's 5th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byHugues Fourage
Member of the Municipal council of Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux
Assumed office
29 March 2014
Personal details
Born (1991-11-26) 26 November 1991
Fontenay-le-Comte, France
Political partyEn Marche!
EducationUniversity of Nantes
OccupationTeacher

Early life and education

Henriet, born 26 novembre 1991,[2] is from Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux, where his father, Christian Henriet, is the mayor. Currently a Ph.D. student in philosophy of science at the University of Nantes since 2015, he has also completed courses as a temporary epistemologist at the François-Rabelais high school in Fontenay-le-Comte.

Political career

While still studying, Henriet announced his candidacy for the municipal elections of 2014 in Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux. Listed on the list "United for Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux" led by Christian Henriet, his father, he was elected at the end of the first round.[3]

After he worked on Emmanuel Macron's campaign, La République en marche nominated Henriet as its candidate in the 5th constituency of Vendée. In the first round of the legislative elections, he came first with 39.13% of the votes cast. He won the second round against Hugues Fourage of the Socialist Party with 53.36% of the vote.

In the National Assembly, Henriet serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. He chairs the International Study Group on the Issues of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[4] and is a member of Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Options.[5] During his first term, he was involved in bringing amendments in favor of scientific integrity during the debate on the research programming law.[6] These proposals are included in article 16 of the law.[7]

He was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election with 60,94% of the vote.[8] In July 2022 he was elected by his peers to head the parliamentary office for the evaluation of scientific and technological choices. He succeeds the mathematician Cédric Villani as President of the office.

Political positions

In April 2018, Henriet 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.[9]

In July 2019, Henriet decided not to align with his parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10]

Controversy

In early 2021, the President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand sanctioned Henriet for use the nickname of "fishwife" to describe one of her fellow MPs by depriving him for one month of a quarter of his allocated parliamentary allowance.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. "M. Pierre Henriet - Vendée (5e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  3. Olivier Quentin. "L'un des plus jeunes députés de France est vendéen" (in French). france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. "Composition du groupe d'études à vocation internationale sur les questions de la république populaire démocratique de corée (corée du nord )". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Office parlementaire d'évaluation des choix scientifiques et technologiques". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. Nationale, Assemblée. "Programmation de la recherche pour les années 2021 à 2027". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. "Article 16 - LOI n° 2020-1674 du 24 décembre 2020 de programmation de la recherche pour les années 2021 à 2030 et portant diverses dispositions relatives à la recherche et à l'enseignement supérieur (1)". www.legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  8. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 en Vendée". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  9. John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
  10. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  11. «Insulte sexiste» dans l'hémicycle : un député LREM sanctionné Le Figaro, 9 February 2021.
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