Fiona Lazaar

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Fiona Lazaar
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byPhilippe Doucet
Personal details
Born (1985-09-19) 19 September 1985 (age 38)
Val-d'Oise, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Fiona Lazaar (born 19 September 1985) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency.[1]

Political career

In parliament, Lazaar serves on the Committee on Social Affairs.[2] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Singaporean Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Since October 2018, Lazaar has been serving as one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[3] In July 2019, she stood as a candidate for the chairmanship of the Committee on Social Affairs; she was defeated in the second round by the incumbent chairwoman, Brigitte Bourguignon.[4]

In addition to her parliamentary work, Lazaar was appointed by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to chair the National Council against Poverty and Social Exclusion (CNLE) in 2020.[5]

Political positions

Within LREM, Lazaar aligns with Aurélien Taché, Laetitia Avia and few others in challenging secularism.[6] For example, she defends the freedom of school teachers to wear a hijab.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ Fiona Lazaar French National Assembly.
  3. ^ Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents Le Journal du Dimanche.
  4. ^ Remaniement des postes LREM à l'Assemblée: large prime aux sortants L'Obs, 24 July 2019.
  5. ^ Arrêté du 24 février 2020 portant nomination au Conseil national des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale Légifrance.
  6. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (14 October 2019), Voile à l’école : Jean-Michel Blanquer demande des sanctions contre le député LRM Aurélien Taché Le Monde.
  7. ^ Marie Piquemal (24 September 2019), Mères voilées en sorties scolaires : «Arrêtons d’en parler !» s'énerve une députée LREM Le Monde.
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