François Thiollet (born 21 October 1975) is a French politician from Les Écologistes – EELV. He became a

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after the death of Michèle Rivasi in 2023.

Biography

François Thiollet spent a large part of his childhood in

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. After moving to

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in 2003, he was appointed professor of history and geography at the . At the start of the 2023 school year, he becomes deputy principal of the college in Mer.

Political career

As a member of the Greens, then part of

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, François Thiollet was elected to the municipal council of

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and

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on the list of Marc Gricourt ( PS); youth delegate, neighborhood deputy in 2008, in 2014 he became vice-president of the “Agglopolys” urban community. He did not run again in Blois in

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, the year he was elected municipal councillor in Valencisse (still in Loir-et-Cher), where he moved, on the list of Gérard Charza. Thiollet was elected member of the federal council (internal parliament) of

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in 2016. In 2019 he was placed third on the internal list led by Julien Bayou, and entered the party's executive office. He also became co-treasurer of the party in 2021 with responsibility for the project for the

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and

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. François Thiollet was an unsuccessful candidate in the

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, being in 15th place on the joint EELV – AEI – RPS list led by

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. The list elected 13 MEPs in the election. In 2023, Lydie Massard (14th on the list) took office after

was elected senator of Paris in the

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. Then on 29 November 2023, Michèle Rivasi died suddenly, which allowed François Thiollet to become join the European Parliament in the final session before the

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Biography

Political career

References

See also