Laurent Pietraszewski

Laurent Pietraszewski
Laurent Pietraszewski in 2019
Secretary of State to Pensions
In office
17 December 2019 – 20 May 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe
Jean Castex
Preceded byJean-Paul Delevoye
Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 11th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 17 January 2020
Preceded byYves Durand
Succeeded byFlorence Morlighem
Personal details
Born (1966-11-19) 19 November 1966 (age 57)
Saint-Denis, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materUniversity of Lille

Laurent Pietraszewski (born 19 November 1966) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Secretary of State for Pensions[1] in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2019 to 2022.

Early career[edit]

Prior to his election, Pietraszewski had never been politically active. He was Director of Human resources at Auchan.[2]

Political career[edit]

Pietraszewski became a member of the French National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing department of Nord's 11th constituency.[3]

In parliament, Pietraszewski served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs, where he was his parliamentary group's coordinator from 2018 until 2019.[4] Within his parliamentary group, he was one of the proponents of the government's plans for a reform of the pensions system.[5] In late 2019, he briefly served as one of his parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[6]

In December 2019, Pietraszewski was appointed to replace Jean-Paul Delevoye as Secretary of State for Pensions, serving under the leadership of successive Ministers of Health Agnès Buzyn (2019–2020) and Olivier Véran (since 2020).[6]

For the 2021 regional elections, Pietraszewski was nominated as LREM's candidate to become President of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France, challenging incumbent Xavier Bertrand.[7]

In the 2022 French legislative election, he lost his seat to Roger Vicot from the Socialist Party (NUPES).[8]

Political positions[edit]

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Laurent Pietraszewski". Gouvernement.fr.
  2. ^ Bertrand Bissuel (11 July 2017), Laurent Pietraszewski, un manageur à l’Assemblée nationale Le Monde.
  3. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ Mathilde Siraud (23 January 2018), À l'Assemblée, Ferrand tente de ressouder les Marcheurs Le Figaro.
  5. ^ Marie-Cécile Renault (3 October 2018), Retraite : 38 ambassadeurs pour porter la réforme Le Figaro.
  6. ^ a b Manon Rescan, Cédric Pietralunga, Bertrand Bissuel, Anne Michel and Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières (18 December 2019), Laurent Pietraszewski, un ex-cadre d’Auchan chargé de la réforme des retraites Le Monde.
  7. ^ Pierre-Paul Bermingham (5 May 2021), French justice minister tipped to run against conservative Macron rival Politico Europe.
  8. ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2022". French Government (in French). Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  9. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.