Yaël Braun-Pivet | |
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.jpg) Braun-Pivet in 2023 | |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 28 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Ferrand |
| Minister of the Overseas | |
| In office 20 May 2022 – 25 June 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Sébastien Lecornu |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Carenco (Minister Delegate) |
| Member of theNational Assembly forYvelines's5th constituency | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jacques Myard |
| Majority | 10,557 (29.24%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yaël Braun (1970-12-07)7 December 1970 (age 54) Nancy,France |
| Political party | Renaissance (2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (2000s) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Paris Nanterre University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Yaël Braun-Pivet (French pronunciation:[jaɛlbʁonpivɛ]; born 7 December 1970) is a French lawyer and politician who has beenPresident of the French National Assembly since 28 June 2022. The first woman to hold the position, she was re-elected on 18 July 2024 following the2024 snap election.
A member ofRenaissance (RE), she briefly previously wasMinister of the Overseas under Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne from May to June 2022. She has been a member of theNational Assembly since 2017, representing thedepartment ofYvelines.
Braun-Pivet was born Yaël Braun inNancy in Eastern France. Her paternal grandparents wereJewish - her grandfather was a Polish tailor while her grandmother was German - and had settled in France in the 1930s in order to escapeantisemitism. AfterWorld War II, her grandfather received the FrenchResistance Medal. Braun-Pivet's mother had grown up in care.[1][2]
Braun-Pivet attended a Jewish school inStrasbourg and went on to study law atParis Nanterre University.[3][4] After practising as a criminal lawyer for several years, she followed her husband, an executive withL'Oréal, to Taiwan and Japan, where the two youngest of their five children were born.[2] On their return to France in 2012, Braun-Pivet took up voluntary work withRestaurants du Cœur (a Frenchcharity which distributes food to those in need), where she organised a free legal advice service.[2]
Braun-Pivet, representingEmmanuel Macron'sRenaissance Party, was elected as a member of the French National Assembly for the5th constituency ofYvelines in thelegislative election in June 2017. That same month she was elected chair of theLaw Committee.[2] She led the work of the committee on a 2017 law regulatingconflict of interest among electedofficials, which had been initiated as a consequence of theFillon affair.[5] In 2018, when she was chair of the inquiry into theBenalla Affair, she was criticised for her refusal to summonAlexis Kohler, general secretary of the president's office, to give evidence.[6] In September 2018, afterFrançois de Rugy's appointment to the government, Braun-Pivet announced her candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly; she eventually withdrew and instead endorsedRichard Ferrand.[2]
In February 2021, Braun-Pivet received the support of the entire National Assembly after being targeted by an email with anti-Semitic insults and threats; shortly after, the Paris prosecutor's office opened an investigation.[7] Braun-Pivet was appointed Minister of Overseas Territories in May 2022 but stepped down a month later when she became President of the National Assembly following thelegislative election. She was the first woman to hold the position.[2] On 4 March 2024, Braun-Pivet became the first woman to preside over a joint session of the Assembly and Senate, overseeing the historic vote to inscribe the "freedom of women to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy" in the French constitution.[8] On 9 June 2024, Macron dissolved theFrench Parliament and announced asnap election following defeat of his party in theEuropean elections.[9] Braun-Pivet was doubtful about Macron's decision, suggesting that he could have considered forming a coalition instead.[10] She retained her seat in the legislative election, winning 49.1% of the votes in the second round.[11]
Braun-Pivet was re-elected as President of the National Assembly on 18 July 2024 after three rounds of voting by members. In the final round she won 220 votes, ahead ofAndré Chassaigne of theNew Popular Front with 207, andSébastien Chenu of theNational Rally with 141.[12] On 31 July 2024, theConstitutional Council rejected an appeal filed byLa France Insoumise against Braun-Pivet's re-election; the following day a similar appeal was lodged byMarine Le Pen.[13]
In July 2019, Braun-Pivet voted in favor of the French ratification of theEuropean Union'sComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) withCanada.[14] In 2021, she proposed a new ad-hoc body to better supervise the government's decision-making process on theCOVID-19 pandemic in France.[15] Also in 2021, Braun-Pivet voted against theparty line and instead supported draft legislation proposed by theLiberties and Territories group aimed at legalisingassisted suicide.[16]
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| Preceded by | Minister of the Overseas 2022 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | President of the National Assembly 2022–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded byas President of the Senate | Order of precedence of France President of the National Assembly | Succeeded by |
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