Hubert Julien-Laferrière (born 27 February 1966) is a French economist and politician. As 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 ...

(REM), he was elected to the

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on 18 June 2017, representing the department of

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. Julien-Laferrière previously served twice as Mayor of the

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, from 2003 to 2008 and from 2014 until 2017, as a member of the

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, which he left to run for Parliament as the REM nominee in the department's 2nd constituency. In May 2020 he left REM to join the new

Ecology Democracy Solidarity Ecology Democracy Solidarity (french: Écologie Démocratie Solidarité) was a centre-left parliamentary group in the National Assembly of France. It was formed in May 2020 by members of La République En Marche!, a liberal parliamentary group. Af ...

group.

Political career

Having previously been affiliated with the

, Julien-Laferrière joined LREM in 2017. In parliament, Julien-Laferrière serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In this capacity, he is the parliament’s

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for the

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(ODA) budget. In addition to his committee assignments, Julien-Laferrière is a member of the French delegation to the

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(IPU) and the parliamentary friendship groups with

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

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Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Gr ...

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, among others. In light of the 2019–20 French pension reform strike, Julien-Laferrière called for compromise between trade unions and the government. In March 2020, he left LREM after

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Edouard Philippe announced he would push through the bill by executive decree. In May 2020, Julie-Laferrière was one of the 17 initial members of the new

group in the National Assembly. By June, he and five other ex-LREM deputies announced the establishment of #Nous Demain, a "humanist, ecologist and feminist" political movement. Also in 2020, Julien-Laferrière joined

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, Mounir Satouri and

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in visiting several

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s in northern

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that hold individuals displaced from the

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, including

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and Roj.

Political positions

In July 2019, Julien-Laferrière voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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’s

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(CETA) with

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. Ahead of the Green movement's

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in 2021, Julien-Laferrière endorsed

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as the movement's candidate for the

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in 2022.Génération Ecologie organise une convention nationale ce week-end à Lyon
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'', 10 July 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Julien-Laferriere, Hubert 1966 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians Place of birth missing (living people) Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic

Political career

Political positions

See also

References