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Guillaume Kasbarian

Guillaume Kasbarian

French politician (born 1987)

Guillaume Kasbarian (born 28 February 1987) is a French business consultant and politician of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!)[1] who has been serving as Deputy Minister for Housing in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since 2024.[2]

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From 2017 to 2024, Kasbarian represented the 1st constituency of the Eure-et-Loir department in the National Assembly since 2017.[3]

Education and early career

The son of two civil servants of Armenian descent,[4] Kasbarian graduated from the ESSEC Business School in 2010. He subsequently worked as a consultant in a Parisian strategy consulting firm.[5]

Political career

Early beginnings

Kasbarian was the local representative of En Marche! for the Eure-et-Loir from December 2016 to June 2017.

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2024

Kasbarian was elected deputy of the 1st constituency of Eure-et-Loir on 18 June 2017, after his victory over Franck Masselus in the second round of legislative elections.

In parliament, Kasbarian served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs from 2017; he became the committee’s chair after the 2022 legislative elections. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the parliamentary friendship groups with Armenia and South Africa.[6]

From November 2017, Kasbarian was part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.[7]

Political positions

In July 2019, Kasbarian voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Ingrid Melander (3 July 2014), Rookie French lawmaker reaches out from fortune-teller's van Reuters.
  2. [2]
    Claire Ané and Véronique Chocron (9 February 2024), Guillaume Kasbarian, l’homme de la loi « antisquat », nommé ministre du logement Le Monde.
  3. [3]
    "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. [4]
    Ingrid Melander (3 July 2014), Rookie French lawmaker reaches out from fortune-teller's van Reuters.
  5. [5]
    Hélène Bonnet (13 May 2017). "Guillaume Kasbarian (EM!) candidat dans la circonscription de Chartres "pour servir"" (in French). L'Écho républicain. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. [6]
    Guillaume Kasbarian French National Assembly.
  7. [7]
    Le Conseil de La République En Marche ! La République En Marche!, press release of 16 October 2017.
  8. [8]
    Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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