Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of

La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...

(LREM) who has been serving as a member of the

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since 18 June 2017, representing the

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Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

Political career

In parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2020, Rilhac joined ''En commun'' (EC), a group within LREM led by

Barbara Pompili Barbara Pompili (born 13 June 1975) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Ecological Transition under Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. Pompili has previously served as member of the National Assembly for the 2nd cons ...

. In 2023, she left the

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, together with Pompili,

Mireille Clapot Mireille Clapot (born 14 October 1963) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 elections to 2024, representing the 1st constituency of the Drôme department. Early life and ...

and Stella Dupont.

Political positions

Domestic policy

In June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalize the distribution and use of

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. Along with four other LREM members –

Coralie Dubost Coralie Dubost (born 4 March 1983) is a French jurist and politician serving as the member of National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Hérault between 2017 and 2022. She is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM). Accused of misma ...

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, Stéphane Trompille, and

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–, she disassociated herself from their colleague

Aurore Bergé Aurore Bergé (born 13 November 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 10th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly since 2017. A former member of The Republicans (LR), which she left to join La Républiq ...

when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the

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by women accompanying groups of students on school outings. 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 colleagues

Alice Thourot Alice Thourot (born 12 October 1985 in Bar-le-Duc) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022 elections, representing Drôme's 2nd constituency. Political ...

and

Jean-Michel Fauvergue Jean-Michel Fauvergue (born 31 January 1957) is a French police commander and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Seine-et-Marne. Early ...

that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.

Foreign policy

In 2018, Rilhac joined other co-signatories around

Sébastien Nadot Sébastien Nadot (born 8 July 1972 in Fleurance (Gers)), is a French historian, writer and politician. In the 2017 elections, he was elected as a member of La République En Marche! to the French National Assembly, representing the departmen ...

in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of

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Mohammed bin Salman to Paris. In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rilhac, Cecile 1974 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians 21st-century French women politicians Place of birth missing (living people) Women members of the National Assembly (France) Members of Parliament for Val-d'Oise

Political career

Political positions

Domestic policy

Foreign policy

See also

References