Richard Ferrand

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Richard Ferrand
Richard Ferrand in 2018
President of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2018
President	Emmanuel Macron
Preceded by	François de Rugy
President of the La République En Marche! group in the National Assembly
In office 27 June 2017 – 12 September 2018
Preceded by	Group established
Succeeded by	Gilles Le Gendre
Minister of Territorial Cohesion
In office 17 May 2017 – 19 June 2017
President	Emmanuel Macron
Prime Minister	Édouard Philippe
Preceded by	Emmanuelle Cosse
Succeeded by	Jacques Mézard
General Secretary of En Marche!
In office 1 October 2016 – 22 June 2017
President	Emmanuel Macron Catherine Barbaroux (Acting)
Preceded by	Ludovic Chaker
Succeeded by	Stéphane Roques
Member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 June 2012
Preceded by	Christian Ménard
Personal details
Born	(1962-07-01) 1 July 1962 (age 59) Rodez, France
Nationality	French
Political party	Socialist Party (1980–2017) La République En Marche! (2016–present)
Alma mater	Toulouse 1 University Capitole Paris Descartes University

Richard Ferrand (born 1 July 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as President of the National Assembly since 2018. He has been the member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency since 2012.^[1] A longtime member of the Socialist Party, he was the General Secretary LREM from October 2016 and became the leader of the party's group of the National Assembly in June 2017.

Early life[]

Ferrand was born on 1 July 1962 in Rodez, France. Ferrand graduated high school in Bünde, Germany and studied German and Law at Toulouse 1 University Capitole and then Université Paris-Descartes where he became a PS member at the age of 18.

After leaving university, Ferrand worked as a journalist for multiple publications including Center Presse, Auto Moto, Circuler, Vie publique, La Dépêche du Midi^[2] and Le Monde.^[3] In 1991, Ferrand became the communications advisor for Kofi Yamgnane,^[4] the then- secretary of state to the Minister of Social Affairs and Integration.^[5]

Early political career[]

Ferrand joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1980 and was elected as the councillor in the township of Carhaix-Plouguer in 1998 as his first elected office. In the municipal elections in 2001 and 2008, Ferrand lost in both times, obtaining 31% of the vote in 2008.^[6]

In the 2010 regional elections, Ferrard was one of the PS nominees for the Finistère department. He became councillor for the region on 21 March 2010 and has since chaired the socialist and related group.^[7]

In 2007, Ferrand ran for Finistère's 6th constituency under the PS banner. He lost to Christian Ménard who achieved 50.19% of the vote.^[8] In 2012, Ferrand ran in the same constituency for PS where he got 32.2% of the vote in the first round and then 58.3% of the vote in the second round.^[9]

National Assembly[]

In the National Assembly, Ferrand was a member of the SER (Socialist, Ecologist and Republican) group and sits on the Social Affairs Committee. He has never worked in the agricultural or agri-food sector, but is co-chairman of the agricultural and agro-food industries group. He particularly involves himself in social issues and the use of cheaper labour than currently available.^{[citation needed]}

While on the Social Affairs Committee, Ferrand was an EU-appointed rapporteur on resolutions around workers and the use of cheaper European labor.^[10] In his report, he stated that European workers feel detached due to the lack of social cohesion and the use of cheaper labour to replace them. He advocates measures to limit the replacement of workers.

Despite Ferrand's opposition to the Bonnets Rouges movement against the eco-tax, which was started by the Fillon government and further expanded upon by the Ayrault government,^[11] he took a stand against the expansions, saying they underline the complexity of the tax system. He supports amendments to the eco-tax. After there was a postponement of the eco-tax, Ferrand and other Breton politicians asked Minister of Energy, Ségolène Royal to rethink the tax plan.^[12]

On 3 October 2014, the Prime Minister Manuel Valls appointed Ferrard along with the minister of economy, Emmanuel Macron to work on a plan to reform regulations based around labour. He was tasked with looking at the "legal framework that restricts labour from developing" while paying attention to the different situations from many different regions.^[13] After consulting many trade unions, experts and other associations, he submitted the report that stresses that reforming the regulated labor market is needed but "reform, don't break, this includes twenty-eight proposals that are aimed particularly at promoting young people's access to the job market."^[14]

This reform was eventually put to the National Assembly where it was amended by the members of the assembly which resulted in the "Act for Growth, Activity and Equal Opportunity" or the  [fr] which was lobbied against by unions and other organizations.^[15]

Ferrand was then appointed as the general rapporteur, one of the biggest reforms within the first five years of President Hollande's term with over 300 articles and sectors such as: transport, savings, labor courts, housings and qualified professions being reformed. More than one hundred and eleven hours went into debate in the National Assembly over the reform. The text was eventually adopted including measures that were originally not there but added during parliamentary debate such as: Letting commercial stores open on Sundays, liberalization of transport services and encouraging qualified professions to allow young people into the profession.^{[citation needed]}

General Secretary of En Marche![]

On 16 October 2016, Ferrand was appointed General Secretary of En Marche! by Emmanuel Macron, someone he worked with closely when he was the minister for Economy.^[16] The following month, he resigned from leading the PS group in the regional council for Finistère,^[17] and confirmed that he quit the PS on 9 May 2017.^[18]

Leader of the REM group in the National Assembly[]

On 24 June 2017, it was announced that Ferrand was officially elected leader of La République En Marche! group in the National Assembly with 306 votes and 2 abstentions.^[19]

Since November 2017, Ferrand has been part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.^[20]

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Richard Ferrand at Wikimedia Commons