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Barbara Pompili | |
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| Minister of the Ecological Transition | |
| In office 6 July 2020 – 20 May 2022 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Prime Minister | Jean Castex |
| Preceded by | Élisabeth Borne |
| Succeeded by | Amélie de Montchalin |
| Member of theNational Assembly forSomme's2nd constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2022 – 24 September 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Cécile Delpirou |
| Succeeded by | Ingrid Dordain |
| In office 20 June 2012 – 12 March 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier Jardé |
| Succeeded by | Romain Joron |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 6 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Romain Joron |
| Succeeded by | Cécile Delpirou |
| President of theSustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee of theNational Assembly | |
| In office 29 June 2017 – 15 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Paul Chanteguet |
| Succeeded by | Véronique Riotton |
| Secretary of State forBiodiversity | |
| In office 11 February 2016 – 10 May 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Manuel Valls Bernard Cazeneuve |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1975-06-13)13 June 1975 (age 49) Bois-Bernard,France |
| Political party | La République En Marche!(2017–present) Ecologist Party(2016–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Europe Ecology – The Greens(2010–2015) The Greens(2000–2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Amiens |
| Education | Sciences Po Lille |
Barbara Pompili (French pronunciation:[baʁbaʁapɔ̃pili]ⓘ; born 13 June 1975) is a French politician who served asMinister of the Ecological Transition underPrime MinisterJean Castex from 2020[1] to 2022.[2]
Pompili has previously served as member of theNational Assembly for the2nd constituency ofSomme from 2012 to 2016 and from 2017 to 2020. A member ofLa République En Marche! (REM) since 2017, she was a member ofThe Greens (LV) from 2000 to 2010 andEurope Ecology – The Greens (EELV) from 2010 until 2015. Pompili served asSecretary of State forBiodiversity from 2016 to 2017.[3]
Born inBois-Bernard,Pas-de-Calais, Pompili grew up inLiévin. She graduated fromSciences Po Lille.
First elected to the National Assembly in the2012 legislative election, Pompili was the first female president of a parliamentary group in the lower house, co-leading the EELV group withFrançois de Rugy, from 2012 until 2016. She also served on the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.
In 2016, Pompili was appointed Secretary of State for Biodiversity in thegovernment ofPrime MinisterManuel Valls,[4] under theMinister of Ecology,Ségolène Royal. She was reappointed when thegovernment ofPrime MinisterBernard Cazeneuve took office. During her time in office, she notably oversaw the entry into force of a French tax targetingpalm oil and a ban onneonicotinoids in 2016.[5]
Pompili was an early supporter ofEmmanuel Macron and the first minister in Hollande's government to openly support Macron's candidacy in the2017 presidential election.[6] She subsequently stood as a candidate ofEn Marche! (EM) inSomme's 2nd constituency, which she had represented from 2012 until 2016.[7] She was reelected in the2017 legislative election and subsequently served as chairwoman of theSustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee from 2017 until 2020. In this capacity, she led a 2018 parliamentary inquiry into France'snuclear safety and security.[8]
In September 2018, afterFrançois de Rugy's appointment to the government, Pompili ran for the presidency of the National Assembly.[9] In an internal vote within the LREM parliamentary group, she came in second; the position eventually went to the group's then-presidentRichard Ferrand.[10]
Pompili co-founded a new political party;En Commun in 2020.[11]
During Pompili's time in office, France banned plastic packaging for nearly all fruit and vegetables from 2022 in a bid to reduceplastic waste.[12]
When state-ownedelectric utilityEDF shut down four reactors – with a combined daily capacity of 6 gigawatts (GW), equivalent to around 13 percent of current availability in France – due to technical problems in late 2021, Pompili asked the company to conduct an independent audit on the availability of its nuclear power stations.[13]
In October 2023, Pompili was appointed to the General Secretariat for Ecological Planning (SGPE), serving as President Macron's Special Envoy for the 2024 One Water Summit.[14]
In July 2019, Pompili decided not to align with her parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of theEuropean Union’sComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) withCanada.[15] She also defended amendments on the transparency and labeling ofgenetically modified organisms used in food products in defiance of the government's advice, as well as opposed delays in the country's strategy to reduce pesticides use and the phase-out ofglyphosate.[16]
In September 2020, Pompili publicly endorsedAurore Bergé for the position of the LREM parliamentary group's chair; the position instead went toChristophe Castaner.[17]
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