Francis Chouat (born 20 December 1948) is a French historian and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly after winning a by-election in 2018, representing Essonne's 1st constituency.^[1]

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Francis Chouat
Francis Chouat in 2018
Member of the National Assembly for Essonne's 1st constituency
In office 26 November 2018 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Farida Amrani
Constituency	Essonne
Mayor of Évry
In office 3 June 2012 – 26 December 2018
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Danielle Valéro
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-20) 20 December 1948 (age 75) Argenteuil, France
Political party	La République En Marche!

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Chouat did not run for re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.^[2]

Chouat joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1995. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as economic policy advisor to the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, Jean-Paul Huchon.^[3] In 2012, he was elected mayor of Évry, succeeding Manuel Valls.^[4] Ahead of the 2017 Senate elections, he left the PS.^[5]

In parliament, Chouat served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2018–2019) and the Finance Committee (since 2019).^[6]

In February 2020, Chouat joined the newly established Territoires de progrès movement launched by Jean-Yves Le Drian and Olivier Dussopt.^[7] By May 2020, he also joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.^[8]

In July 2019, Chouat voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.^[9]

Chouat's brother Didier Chouat was also an MP.^[10]