Florent Boudié (born 22 September 1973) is a French politician who has represented the 10th constituency of the

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department in the

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since

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. A former member of the

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(PS), he joined

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(LREM, later Renaissance, RE) in 2016.

Early life and education

Boudié was born to a father who was a member of the

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. He went to

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at the

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from 1990 to 1994.

Political career

Boudié was originally elected in

, then as a member of the

. He was re-elected on 18 June 2017, this time representing LREM. In parliament, Boudié serves on the

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. In this capacity, he was the parliament's

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on a 2018 Asylum and Immigration Law and 2021 legislation on regulating

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. In addition to his committee assignments, Boudié is a member of the French-Senegalese Parliamentary Friendship Group. He also represents the parliament on the Legislation and Financial Regulation Advisory Committee (CCLRF) at the

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. In early 2018, Boudié set up an informal parliamentary working group on

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in order to contribute to the government's bill aimed at better organising and supervising the financing of the Muslim faith in France. In July 2019, Boudié stood as a candidate for the position as chair of the LREM parliamentary group; in the vote, he came in second after

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who was re-elected in the first round. Since 2020, he has been part of the group's leadership under chair

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Political positions

In May 2018, Boudié co-sponsored an initiative in favour of a bioethics law extending to homosexual and single women free access to fertility treatments such as

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(IVF) under France's national health insurance; it was one of the campaign promises of

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and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term. In July 2019, Boudié voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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(CETA) with

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boudié, Florent 1973 births Living people Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Socialist Party (France) politicians Renaissance (French political party) politicians Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine Members of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine People from Gironde Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux alumni Members of Parliament for Gironde