Guillaume Garot

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French pronunciation: [ɡijomɡaʁo] ; born 29 May 1966) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has served as a member of the National Assembly from 2007 until 2012 and since 2014, representing the Mayenne department. [1] From 2012 until 2014, he was Junior Minister for the Food Industry under minister Stéphane Le Foll in the government of Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault.

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Political career

Garot became a member of the National Assembly in the 2007 French legislative election. During his first term in parliament, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs (2007-2009) and the Defence Committee (2009-2012) before his appointment to the government. [2] In addition to his activities in national politics, he was the mayor of Laval from 2008 until 2012. [3]

At the Socialist Party's Reims Congress in 2008, Garot supported Ségolène Royal's candidacy as party leader; she eventually lost against Martine Aubry. From 2011, he also worked as spokesperson for Royal's campaign to become the party's candidate for the 2012 French presidential election. [4]

While in government, Garot oversaw the French government's response to the 2013 horse meat scandal. [5]

After leaving government in 2014, Garot was part of the Finance Committee (2014-2015) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (2014-2017). Since 2017, he has been serving on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning. [6] In 2015, he was the parliament's rapporteur on legislation obliging supermarkets to hand over unused food to charity and not destroy leftover products. [7] [8]

In addition to his committee assignments, Garot is part of the French-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Tunisian Parliamentary Friendship Group. [9]

Other activities

Political positions

In July 2019, Garot voted against the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. [10]

In 2023, Garot publicly endorsed the re-election of the Socialist Party's chairman Olivier Faure. [11]

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References

  1. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
  3. Laure Bretton (February 25, 2014), Le ministre Garot ne voit pas venir de claque fin mars  Libération .
  4. Laure Equy (October 10, 2011), «Il n’y aura pas de victoire de la gauche en 2012 sans Royal»  Libération .
  5. Hugh Carnegy (December 16, 2013), French police arrest 21 in illicit horsemeat inquiry Financial Times .
  6. Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
  7. Henry Samuel (December 10, 2015), France passes 'pioneering' food waste bill to ban supermarkets from binning unused food  Daily Telegraph .
  8. Angelique Chrisafis (May 22, 2015), France to force big supermarkets to give unsold food to charities The Guardian .
  9. Guillaume Garot National Assembly.
  10. Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde .
  11. TRIBUNE. Congrès du Parti socialiste : 45 parlementaires apportent leur soutien à Olivier Faure Le Journal du Dimanche , 10 January 2023.
Guillaume Garot
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Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 1st constituency
Assumed office
2 May 2014