Françoise Dumas (born 12 April 1960 in Alès) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) and of Territories of Progress (TDP) who was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2022, representing Gard's 1st constituency.^[1] She was previously a member of the Socialist Party.

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Françoise Dumas
Member of the Municipal council of Nîmes
In office 2014–2020
Mayor	Jean-Paul Fournier
Member of the National Assembly for Gard's 1st constituency
In office 17 June 2012 – 22 June 2022
Preceded by	Yvan Lachaud
Succeeded by	Yoann Gillet
Personal details
Born	(1960-04-12) 12 April 1960 (age 63) Alès, France
Political party	Renaissance
Children	2

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In parliament, Dumas served as member of the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee; from 2019 to 2022, she was the committee's chairwoman.^[2][3] She was also a member of the Committee on European Affairs.

In addition to her committee assignments, Dumas was part of the parliamentary friendship groups with Cameroon, Gabon and Peru.

In the 2022 elections, Dumas lost in the second round to Yoann Gillet of National Rally.

In July 2019, Dumas voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.^[4]