Didier Baichère (born 20 August 1970) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the
National Assembly
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since 18 June 2017, representing the
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Yvelines
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Renaissance
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(RE).
Early career
From 1997 to 2012, Baichère held various positions at
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel–Lucent S.A. () was a French–American global telecommunications equipment company, headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. It was formed in 2006 by the merger of France-based Alcatel and U.S.-based Lucent, the latter being a su ...
, in particular as Human Resources Director at
Alcatel Submarine Networks
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from 2000 to 2007 and at Alcatel Lucent France from 2008 to 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he worked for
CGI Inc.
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, again in the HR sector, this time in charge of France, Luxembourg and Morocco. After a stint at
Naval Group
Naval Group is a major French industrial group specialized in naval defense design, development and construction. Its headquarters are located in Paris.
Heir to the French naval dockyards initiated in 1631 by Cardinal Richelieu and to the Di ...
where he was Vice President in charge of Group Human Resources, he joined AKKA Technologies in 2015.
Political career
In parliament, Baichère serves on the Defense Committee and the
Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices
The Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices ( or OPECST) is responsible for informing the French Parliament of the consequences of scientific and technological choices in order to inform its decisions. It co ...
(OPECST). In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French delegation to the
Inter-Parliamentary Union
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(IPU).
In late 2019, Baichère was one of 17 members of the Defense Committee who co-signed a letter to
Prime Minister
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Édouard Philippe
Édouard Charles Philippe (; born 28 November 1970) is a French politician serving as Mayor of Le Havre since 2020, previously holding the office from 2010 to 2017. He was Prime Minister of France from 15 May 2017 to 3 July 2020 under Presiden ...
in which they warned that the 365 million euro ($406 million) sale of aerospace firm
Groupe Latécoère
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to U.S. fund
Searchlight Capital
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Searchlight Capital was established in 2010 by Eric Zinterhofer, Oliver Haarmann, and Erol Uzumeri, its founding partners. It has offices in New York, Conduit Street, London and Toronto. ...
raised “questions about the preservation of know-how and France’s defense industry base” and urged government intervention. Also in 2019, he co-sponsored legislation to create a framework for wide-ranging tests of
facial recognition software
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for government services.
In 2020, Baichère joined ''
En commun
En Commun ( ''English'': In Common) is a French environmentalist political party created in 2020 by En Marche MPs Barbara Pompili, Hugues Renson and Jacques Maire.
The party is member of Ensemble Citoyens, which supports Emmanuel Macron in th ...
'' (EC), a group within LREM led by
Barbara Pompili
Barbara Pompili (born 13 June 1975) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Ecological Transition under Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022.
Pompili has previously served as member of the National Assembly for the 2nd cons ...
.
Political positions
In July 2019, Baichère voted in favor of the French ratification of the
European Union
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’s
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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(CETA) with
Canada
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Le Monde
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''.
See also
*
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 by ...