Joël_Giraud

Joël Giraud

Joël Giraud

French politician

Joël Giraud (French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl ʒiʁo]; born 14 October 1959) is a French politician who briefly served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities under Prime Minister Jean Castex in 2022. A member of both La République En Marche! (LREM) and the Radical Movement (MR), he previously represented the 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Alpes department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2020 and served as Secretary of State for Rurality from 2020 until 2022.[1]

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Political career

Career in local politics

An alumnus of the École nationale d'administration, Giraud first entered the municipal council of L'Argentière-la-Bessée in 1986. He held the mayorship of L'Argentière-la-Bessée from 1989 to 2017, as well as one of the vice presidencies of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur under President Michel Vauzelle from 2004 to 2014.

Career in national politics

Elected to Parliament in Hautes-Alpes's 2nd constituency in 2002, he was reelected in 2007, 2012 and 2017. He is a former Secretary of the Economic Affairs Committee.[2] He was a member of the Radical Party of the Left until 2017, when it was merged with the Radical Party into Radical Movement, which Giraud joined. He has also been a member of Renaissance since 2016.

In addition to his committee assignments, Giraud has been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly from 2019 to 2020 and again since 2022.[3] He also chaired the French-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2012 to 2017.

Giraud was appointed to the Castex government in 2020 as Secretary of State for Rurality under Minister Jacqueline Gourault.[4] Upon her appointment to the Constitutional Council in 2022, he succeeded her as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities.[5]

Following the 2022 legislative election, Giraud stood as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency;[6] in an internal vote, he lost against Yaël Braun-Pivet.[7]

Personal life

Giraud is openly gay.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours" (in French). French National Assembly. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
  2. [2]
    M. Joël Giraud, French National Assembly (in French).
  3. [3]
    Assemblée parlementaire franco-allemande - APFA National Assembly.
  4. [4]
    "Baratier - Le conseil d'administration a été renouvelé lors de l'assemblée générale. Association des communes forestières : Jean-Claude Dou succède à Claire Bouchet". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Joël Giraud est nommé ministre de la Cohésion des territoires et des Relations avec les autorités locales", cohesion-territoires.gouv.fr (in French).
  6. [6]
    Loris Boichot (21 June 2022), Braun-Pivet, Pompili, Lescure... Six Marcheurs candidats pour remplacer Richard Ferrand à la tête de l’Assemblée Libération.
  7. [7]
    Yaël Braun-Pivet élue candidate de la majorité pour présider l’Assemblée nationale Le Monde, 23 June 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Joël Giraud, l’arme rurale", Libération (in French), 17 September 2021.
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