Bruno Questel
Bruno Questel (born 21 December 1966) 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 Eure.[1]
Bruno Questel | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Eure's 4th constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | François Loncle |
Personal details | |
Born | Bourg-Achard, France | 21 December 1966
Nationality | French |
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Sorbonne University |
Political career
From 2005 until 2017, Questel was a member of the Socialist Party (PS). In the party's primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, he endorsed Arnaud Montebourg; when Benoît Hamon became the party's candidate, Questel left and joined LREM.
In parliament, Questel serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs.[2] In this capacity, he was the parliament's rapporteur on a proposal to establish a municipal police in Paris (2019)[3] and (alongside Raphaël Schellenberger) on territorial reforms (2019).[4] In addition to his committee assignments, Questel chairs the French-Kosovar Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In early 2018, Questel was one of several LREM member who joined an informal parliamentary working group on Islam in France set up by Florent Boudié in order to contribute to the government's bill aimed at better organizing and supervising the financing of the Muslim faith in France.[5]
From 2018 until 2020, Questel served as one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[6]
Political positions
In July 2019, Questel voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[7]
Personal life
In December 2018, around 40 protesters of the yellow vests movement fired six shotgun rounds in front of Questel’s home and he received many threatening letters.[8]
In January 2021, Questel revealed that he was the victim of sexual abuse at the age of 11.[9]
See also
References
- "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Bruno Questel French National Assembly.
- Police municipale: la mairie de Paris dénonce une «manœuvre électoraliste» du gouvernement Le Figaro, 22 November 2019.
- Grégoire Normand (20 December 2019), Régions : un rapport parlementaire dézingue la loi NOTRe La Tribune.
- Mathilde Siraud (4 July 2018), Les députés LaREM planchent sur l'islam de France Le Monde.
- Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents Le Journal du Dimanche.
- Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- Henrique Valadares (12 January 2019), French MPs face unprecedented death threats from 'Yellow Vest' protesters France 24.
- Pierre Lepelletier (January 20, 2021), «Ce n'est pas réparable» : le député LREM Bruno Questel révèle avoir été violé à 11 ans Le Figaro.