Guillaume Vuilletet (born 20 July 1967) is a French politician who has served as

Member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

for Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency since 2017. He is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM) and previously served on the

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. Vuilletet was a member of

Europe Ecology – The Greens Europe Ecology – The Greens (french: Europe Écologie Les Verts , EELV ) is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of the European Green Party. The party was formed on 13 November 2010 from the merge ...

(EELV) from 2010 to 2015 before co-founding the

Ecologist Party The Ecologist Party ( French: ''Parti écologiste'', PÉ), founded as Écologistes !, is a centre-left French political party that holds pro-European views, created in September 2015 by François de Rugy, President of the Europe Ecology – The ...

with

François de Rugy François Henri Goullet de Rugy (; born 6 December 1973) is a French politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2018 and Minister of Ecological and Solidary Transition from 2018 to 2019. Since 2007, he has repres ...

. He is currently the party's secretary-general and, along with de Rugy, endorsed Emmanuel Macron in the

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. Vuilletet was nominated by LREM in the

2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won b ...

s in

Val-d'Oise Val-d'Oise (, "Vale of the Oise") is a department in the Île-de-France region, Northern France. It was created in 1968 following the split of the Seine-et-Oise department. In 2019, Val-d'Oise had a population of 1,249,674.

and was elected deputy for the department's 2nd constituency.

Professional career

From 2009 to 2017, Vuilletet worked as an independent consultant specializing in territorial development, particularly in terms of housing issues.

Political career

Vuilletet began his life in politics in 1988, working as a parliamentary assistant until 1993. From 1995 to 1999, he was the director of the cabinet of the mayor of

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Le Kremlin-Bicêtre () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is from the center of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. Le Kremlin-Bicêtre is most famous as the location of the Bicêtre H ...

. Vuilletet then served as parliamentary adviser to

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Jean-Pierre Chevènement Jean-Pierre Chevènement (; born 9 March 1939L ...

as well as the deputy director of Chevènement's 2002 French presidential campaign. It was in the former position that Vuilletet participated in the introduction of many bills in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...

, such as the RESEDA law on the entry of foreigners to France on 11 May 1998 and the right to asylum as well as the law on the reform of

intercommunality The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equiv ...

on 12 June 1999. As a member of the public relations department of the Economic and Social Committee from October 2003 to October 2005, Vuilletet was the rapporteur for a committee study entitled "International Comparison of International Student Entry Policies: What Finalities? What Methods?". From April 2004 to December 2015, Vuilletet served as a regional councillor of Île-de-France, sitting on the culture and communications technology, international relations, European affairs and territorial development committees. He was subsequently elected president of the Regional Agency of the Territories and the Information Society in

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa ...

(ARTESI-Île-de-France), serving from October 2008 to March 2010 and participating in several parliamentary conferences on digital technology in France and territorial development. Vuilletet was also vice-president of the Hubertine Auclair Centre (''Centre Hubertine Auclair''), an Île-de-France organization dedicated to gender equality. He additionally held the position of vice-president of the regional tourism committee of Île-de-France. After completing his tenure on the regional council, Vuilletet became the deputy mayor of

Méry-sur-Oise Méry-sur-Oise (, literally ''Méry on Oise'') is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France. Méry-sur-Oise station has rail connections to Persan, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt and Paris. Population See also *Commune ...

from March 2008 to March 2014, in which position he was responsible for urban planning, tourism and commerce. He joined

(EELV) in 2010, but left in 2015 to co-found the

with

as part of the Union of Democrats and Ecologists (UDE). Vuilletet served as the secretary-general of the new party. Vuilletet and de Rugy endorsed Emmanuel Macron in the

. In the concurrent

s, Vuilletet was nominated by Macron's La République En Marche! in Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency, which consists of parts of

Cergy Cergy () is a Communes of France, commune in the French Departments of France, department of Val-d'Oise, in northwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the Kilometre Zero#France, centre of Paris, in the "new town#France, new town" of Cerg ...

and the

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. On 18 June 2017, he was elected deputy, defeating incumbent

Axel Poniatowski Axel Poniatowski (born 3 August 1951) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017. He represented Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Biography Prince Axel Poniatowski was born ...

Parliamentary offices

Since 29 June 2017, Vuilletet has been a member of the Office of the National Assembly, presided over by de Rugy; the Office of the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Legislation and the General Administration of the Republic, presided over by Yaël Braun-Pivet; and the Law Committee. He is also part of the French-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group, the German-Portuguese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the overseas delegation of the National Assembly. In September 2020, Vuilletet became the vice-president of whip coordination of the La République En Marche group, led by

Christophe Castaner Christophe Castaner (; born 3 January 1966) is a French politician, former minister of parliament, and former Minister of the Interior from 16 October 2018 to 6 July 2020. In 2017, he was elected for a 3 year term as chairman (''délégué géné ...

Personal life

On 9 March 2020, during the

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, Vuilletet said in a

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post that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

Political offices

National

for Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency since 19 June 2017 * Member of the Office of the

since 29 June 2017 * Member of the Office of the Law Committee since 29 June 2017

Regional and local

* Regional councillor of

from April 2004 to December 2015 * Deputy mayor of

from March 2008 to March 2014, responsible for urban planning, tourism and commerce

Other

* Secretary-general of the

since 2015

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vuilletet, Guillaume 1967 births Living people People from Beauvais Politicians from Île-de-France Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni Regional councillors of France Members of Parliament for Val-d'Oise