Michèle Peyron (born 22 July 1961) is a French politician of

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(RE, formerly La République En Marche!) who has represented the 9th constituency of the

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in the

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since the 2017 legislative election.

Political career

In the 1995 municipal election, Peyron first became a municipal councillor in

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, in

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, at the time representing the

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(PS). In May 2016, she joined En Marche! (later La République En Marche!) and became head of the movement's local branch in

. She successfully ran for the

in the 2017 legislative election in which she succeeded outgoing The Republicans representative Guy Geoffroy. In Parliament, Peyron serves as member of the Committee on Social Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Vietnamese Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2018, she also joined a parliamentary working group on the

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, which is studying how to help

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and

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appointed Peyron and

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as the parliamentary majority's

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s on economic and health emergency measures amid the

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. In 2020, Peyron joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by

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. In the 2022 legislative election, Peyron successfully ran for reelection to a second term in office under the

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(ENS) coalition. Following

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's appointment to the

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amid a 2023 cabinet reshuffle, Peyron became one of the two candidates (alongside

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) to succeed her as chairwoman of the Committee on Social Affairs.Wally Bordas (25 July 2023)
"Après le remaniement, les macronistes vont redistribuer certains postes-clés à l’Assemblée"
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'' (in French).

Political positions

In a 2017 parliamentary debate on extending immunisation coverage in France, Peyron publicly recounted her personal experience of losing a child at birth in 1986 due to lack of prior immunisation.Pascale De Souza (5 January 2018)
"Michèle Peyron, députée de Seine-et-Marne : « Je sais qu’un défaut de vaccin peut tuer »"
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'' (in French).

Personal life

Peyron has two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peyron, Michele 1961 births Living people People from Nîmes Socialist Party (France) politicians Renaissance (French political party) politicians Territories of Progress politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Seine-et-Marne Women members of the National Assembly (France) 21st-century French women politicians