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Valérie Thomas

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Valérie Thomas
Member of the French National Assembly for Puy-de-Dôme's 1st constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byOdile Saugues
Succeeded byMarianne Maximi
Personal details
Born (1968-01-21) 21 January 1968 (age 56)
Désertines, France
Political partyEn Marche!
EducationUniversity of Auvergne
OccupationConsultant

Valérie Thomas (born 21 January 1968) is a French politician who was member of the French National Assembly representing Puy-de-Dôme.[1]

Early life end career

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Thomas is a consultant in land development projects and president of a business incubator in the field of social and solidarity economy.[2] Between 2006 and 2011, she was in charge of the mission in the Cabinet of the President of the Regional Council of Auvergne.

Political career

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Thomas was an administrative and political attaché in the Socialist Party between 2004 and 2006.[3] Previously she worked with Pierre Goldberg, Communist deputy mayor of Montluçon. She is the co-referent of the movement En marche in Puy-de-Dôme.

Thomas was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 1st constituency of Puy-de-Dôme.[4]

In the National Assembly, Thomas sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. She is a co-rapporteur on the negotiations on a post-Cotonou Agreement.[5] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a President of France-Eritrea Parliamentary Friendship Group[6]

In July 2019, Thomas voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Mme Valérie Thomas". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ Viviane Le Guen (18 June 2017). "Législatives : qui est Valérie Thomas, la nouvelle députée En Marche ! de la 1ère circonscription du Puy-de-Dôme ?" (in French). francebleu.fr. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  3. ^ Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée Libération, 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ La Montagne (18 June 2017). "Valérie Thomas (LREM) élue députée de la 1re circonscription du Puy-de-Dôme (Clermont-Cournon)" (in French). La Montagne. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Mission d'information sur l'Afrique : quel nouveau partenariat avec l'Afrique après Cotonou ?". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Composition du groupe d'amitié France-Erythrée". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.