Jean-François Eliaou (born 13 August 1956) 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 served as a member of the

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from 2017 to

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, representing the

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(OPECST). In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2019, Eliaou steered through parliament 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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Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...

and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term. In 2021, Eliaou and

Antoine Savignat Antoine Savignat (born 22 July 1975) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who served as member of the French National Assembly after winning a by-election in 2018 for Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency. Political career In parliament, S ...

jointly wrote a parliamentary report on the situation of

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s in France's

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. He lost his seat in the first round of the

2022 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in A ...

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1956 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians {{France-politician-LREM-stub