Stanislas Guerini

Stanislas Guerini
Minister of Public Transformation and Service
In office
20 May 2022 – 11 January 2024
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Gabriel Attal
Preceded byAmélie de Montchalin
Executive Officer of
La République En Marche!
In office
1 December 2018 – 17 September 2022
Preceded byChristophe Castaner
Succeeded byStéphane Séjourné (as General Secretary)
Member of the National Assembly
for Paris's 3rd constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 22 July 2022
Preceded byAnnick Lepetit
Succeeded byCaroline Yadan
Personal details
Born (1982-05-14) 14 May 1982 (age 41)
Paris, France
Political partyRenaissance
EducationÉcole alsacienne
Lycée Henri-IV
Alma materHEC Paris

Stanislas Guerini (French pronunciation: [stanislas ɡeʁini]; born 14 May 1982) is a French politician who has been serving as Minister of Public Transformation and Service in the government of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 2022.

Prior to entering government, Guerini served as Executive Officer of La République En Marche! (LREM) since 2018. He succeeded Christophe Castaner, who had resigned after he was appointed Minister of the Interior by President Emmanuel Macron. From 2017 to 2022, Guerini was the member of the National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Paris, which covers parts of the 17th and 18th arrondissements.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

One of his grandfathers, an Italian immigrant, fled the Fascist regime to settle in France.[2]

Guerini established his company Watt & Home, a company selling and installing solar panels, founded in 2007.[3] At the end of 2013, he left his position of general manager of Watt and Home and becomes "director of the customer experience" of the multinational Elis, company in the field of cleaning and hygiene (Industrial Laundry).[4]

Political career[edit]

Socialist Party[edit]

Guerini was associated with Dominique Strauss-Kahn's campaign team for the Socialist Party presidential primary of 2006.[5]

Member of the National Assembly[edit]

Guerini was elected for La République en marche! in the 2017 legislative election in the 3rd constituency of Paris. He won 45.08% of the votes in the first round, then won in the second round against the UDI's candidate Valérie Nahmias with 65.50% of the votes.[6]

In the National Assembly, from 29 June 2017 to 17 January 2019, Guerini served on the Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Monitoring Committees. Currently, he is a member of the Committee on National Defence and Armed Forces.[7] In addition to his committee assignments, he was also part of one of the expert group commissioned by Bruno Le Maire to lead the preparatory work for the Action Plan for Business Growth and Transformation.

In 2019, Guerini's office was vandalised during anti-government protests of the Yellow vests movement.[8]

REM Executive Officer[edit]

In October 2018, Guerini announced his candidacy to succeed Christophe Castaner as Executive Officer of La République En Marche!.[9] On 1 December 2018, he was elected executive officer of La République En Marche!, with 82% of the votes against Joachim Son-Forget.[10]

Political positions[edit]

In July 2019, Guerini voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[11]

When National Rally MEP Jordan Bardella tweeted criticism of Muslim LREM candidate Sara Zemmahi for wearing a hijab in a campaign poster, Guerini responded in agreement and Zammahi was barred from running as a LREM candidate. Guerini claimed that "wearing ostentatious religious symbols on a campaign document is not compatible with the values of LREM". This was condemned by fellow LREM deputies Coralie Dubost and Caroline Janvier.[12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Mathilde Siraud (30 November 2018). "Stanislas Guerini, a "leader of the rope" to lead LREM" (in French). Le Figaro. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ Frédéric Bianchi (16 May 2017). "Legislative: why these bosses want to become MPs under Macron" (in French). BFM Business. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ^ Alexandre Boudet (1 December 2018). "Who is Stanislas Guérini, the new boss of LREM ?" (in French). HuffPost. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ R.L. (18 June 2017). "2017 legislative results: Stanislas Guerini elected in the 3rd constituency of Paris" (in French). 20 minutes. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ^ R.L. (18 June 2017). "2017 legislative results: Stanislas Guerini elected in the 3rd constituency of Paris" (in French). 20 minutes. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Composition of the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. ^ Sudip Kar-Gupta (2 August 2019), French farmers dump manure outside office of Macron party lawmaker Reuters.
  9. ^ Isabelle Ficek (16 October 2018). "Stanislas Guerini expected to take the lead of En Marche" (in French). Les Échos. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  10. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (1 December 2018). "The deputy Stanislas Guerini elected at the head of La République en marche" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  11. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  12. ^ "France: Head of Macron's party slams Muslim candidate's headscarf". Aljazeera.com. 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Macron's party bans Muslim candidate for wearing hijab in poster". Aljazeera.com. 12 May 2021.
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