Guillaume Chiche (born 30 March 1986) is a French politician who was elected to the

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on 18 June 2017, representing the

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. He was considered a close ally of

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. He was elected as a member 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 ...

, but left the party and in May 2020, he was one of the 17 initial members who formed the short-lived

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group. Since 2020, he is a member of

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Political career

In parliament, Chiche serves as member of the Committee on Social Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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and

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. In January 2019, Chiche joined the LREM executive board. In that capacity, he shares responsibility with Laurent Saint-Martin for the party's policy planning.

Political positions

In a 2018 parliamentary report, Chiche proposed the abolition of

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for the purposes of assessing personal income tax. In 2019, Chiche led (with

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) a group of LREM members who advocated for broad access to

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for all women (

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or single) (ART). Unlike Bergé, he supported the authorization of post-mortem ART, a motion which was rejected by a parliamentary majority. In July 2019, Chiche decided not to align with his parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on 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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chiche, Guillaume 1986 births Living people People from Niort Socialist Party (France) politicians Renaissance (French political party) politicians Ecology Democracy Solidarity politicians New Democrats politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Deux-Sèvres French LGBT rights activists University of Poitiers alumni Paris Descartes University alumni

Political career

Political positions

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