Romain Grau

Romain Grau (born 21 June 1974) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st constituency.[1]

Romain Grau
Member of the National Assembly
for Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byJacques Cresta
Succeeded bySophie Blanc
Personal details
Born (1974-06-21) 21 June 1974
Perpignan
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materÉcole nationale d'administration (ENA)

Early life and education

Born into a family of winemakers from Villemolaque, Grau is a graduate of Sciences Po and École nationale d'administration (ENA).

Political career

In parliament, Grau served as member of the Finance Committee.[2]

In July 2019, Grau voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[3] Shortly after, his office in Perpignan was set on fire while he was inside during anti-government protests of the Yellow vests movement.[4][5] In 2022, he received a punch in the chin at a protest against the vaccine passport during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Grau lost his seat in the second round of the 2022 French legislative election to Sophie Blanc from the National Rally.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Romain Grau French National Assembly.
  3. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  4. Sudip Kar-Gupta (2 August 2019), French farmers dump manure outside office of Macron party lawmaker Reuters.
  5. Tom Wheeldon (14 August 2019), Wave of vandalism targets Macron MPs’ offices France 24.
  6. Dinah Cohen (24 January 2022), Prise pour cible, la classe politique s'inquiète de la violence du mouvement anti-passe vaccinal Le Figaro.
  7. "Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, le grand chelem pour le RN". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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