Cécile Rilhac | |
|---|---|
| Member of theNational Assembly forVal-d'Oise's3rd constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Noël Carpentier |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Maurel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-04-21)21 April 1974 (age 51) |
| Political party | En Commun Renaissance Movement of Progressives[1] (2017-2019) |
| Profession | Teacher |
Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician ofRenaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of theFrench National Assembly between 2017 and2024, representing thedepartment ofVal-d'Oise.[2]
In Parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of theFrench-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]
In 2020, Rilhac joinedEn Commun (EC), a group within LREM led byBarbara Pompili.[4] In 2023, she left theRenaissance group, together with Pompili,Mireille Clapot andStella Dupont.[5]
In June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative tolegalization, the distribution and use ofcannabis.[6][7] Along with four other LREM members –Coralie Dubost,Jean-Michel Mis,Stéphane Trompille, andÉric Bothorel –, she disassociated herself from their colleagueAurore Bergé when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for aRepublican draft law banning the wearing of thehijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.[8]
In 2020, Rilhac was one of ten LREM members who voted against her parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleaguesAlice Thourot andJean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming ofpolice forces.[9][10]
In 2018, Rilhac joined other co-signatories aroundSébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to theSaudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit ofSaudi Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman to Paris.[11]
In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor of the French ratification of theEuropean Union’sComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) withCanada.[12]
