Laurent Saint-Martin

Laurent Saint-Martin (born 22 June 1985) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Val-de-Marne.[1]

Laurent Saint-Martin
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-de-Marne's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byRoger-Gérard Schwartzenberg
Personal details
Born (1985-06-22) 22 June 1985
Toulouse, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materEDHEC Business School

Political career

From 2009 until 2012, Saint-Martin was a member of the Socialist Party.[2] However, he was not actively involved in politics before he joined LREM.[3]

In parliament, Saint-Martin serves as member of the Finance Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Peruvian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[4]

In late 2018, Saint-Martin was offered to join the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe but declined the post as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy and Finance under the leadership of Bruno Le Maire.[5] In June 2019, Philippe entrusted him with a mission to reform the national system for the identification, seizure and confiscation of criminal assets.[6] Since 2020, Saint-Martin has been serving as the parliament's lead rapporteur on the annual budget of France; he succeeded Joël Giraud.[7]

Within his party, Saint-Martin has been a member of the LREM executive board since 2019. In that capacity, he shares responsibility with Guillaume Chiche for the party's policy planning.[8]

In early 2021, Saint-Martin emerged as frontrunner in the race to lead the LREM campaign in Île-de-France during that year's regional elections and to potentially succeed Valérie Pécresse as president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France.[9]

Political positions

In 2018, Saint-Martin was one of Stanislas Guerini's first supporters when the latter ran for the post of LREM chairman.[10]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Manon Rescan and Audrey Tonnelier (4 January 2020), Laurent Saint-Martin, un macroniste fidèle choisi pour le budget Le Monde.
  3. Ingrid Melander and Elizabeth Pineau (16 November 2017), French president's party hit by defections as it picks leader Reuters.
  4. Laurent Saint-Martin French National Assembly.
  5. Manon Rescan and Audrey Tonnelier (4 January 2020), Laurent Saint-Martin, un macroniste fidèle choisi pour le budget Le Monde.
  6. Jean-Baptiste Jacquin (28 June 2019), Le gouvernement souhaite développer les saisies et confiscations des avoirs criminels Le Monde.
  7. Manon Rescan and Audrey Tonnelier (4 January 2020), Laurent Saint-Martin, un macroniste fidèle choisi pour le budget Le Monde.
  8. Val-de-Marne : le député Laurent Saint-Martin (LREM) prend du galon Le Parisien, 24 January 2019.
  9. Loris Boichot and Mathilde Siraud (January 28, 2021), Régionales : Jean-Michel Blanquer renonce définitivement à sa candidature Île-de-France Le Figaro.
  10. Manon Rescan and Audrey Tonnelier (4 January 2020), Laurent Saint-Martin, un macroniste fidèle choisi pour le budget Le Monde.
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