Bérangère Abba

Bérangère Abba (born 22 October 1976) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Secretary of State for Biodiversity in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex since 2020. A lingerie shopkeeper, she was elected municipal councillor of Chaumont in 2014. She was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing the Haute-Marne's 1st constituency.[1]

Bérangère Abba
Bérangère Abba in 2017
Secretary of State for Biodiversity
Assumed office
27 July 2020
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterJean Castex
Member of the National Assembly
for Haute-Marne's 1st constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byLuc Chatel
Personal details
Born (1976-10-22) 22 October 1976
Chaumont, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materAix-Marseille University

Political career

In parliament, Abba served on the Committee on Legal Affairs from 2017 until 2020. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-Haitian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[2]

On 26 July 2020, Abba was appointed as Secretary of State for Biodiversity at the Ministry for the Ecological Transition under minister Barbara Pompili.

Political positions

In May 2018, Abba co-sponsored an initiative in favour of legalizing assisted reproductive technology (ART) for all women (singles, heterosexual couples or lesbian couples).[3]

In September 2018, following the appointment of François de Rugy to the government, Abba supported the candidacy of Barbara Pompili as president of the National Assembly.[4]

See also

References
  1. https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017/(path)/legislatives-2017//052/05201.html
  2. Bérangère Abba French National Assembly.
  3. La PMA pour toutes, un acte d’égalité Libération, 29 May 2018.
  4. Julie Cloris (9 September 2018), Duel Ferrand-Pompili pour présider l’Assemblée : qui soutient qui ? Le Parisien.
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