Jacques Marilossian

Jacques Marilossian (born 26 July 1958) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Hauts-de-Seine.[1]

Jacques Marilossian
Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byPatrick Ollier
Personal details
Born (1958-07-26) 26 July 1958
Le Puy-en-Velay, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyParti Socialiste (until 2016)
La République En Marche! (since 2016)
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris
Sciences Po
University Panthéon-Sorbonne

Early life and career

The grandchild of immigrants who survived the Armenian Genocide,[2] Marilossian holds degrees in engineering from École Centrale Paris (ECP), public service from Sciences Po Paris, and economics from University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. Before entering politics, he worked as an independent consultant on information systems strategy for companies in the energy sector. Marilossian is also a Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN).[3]

Political career

In parliament, Marilossian serves on the Defense Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Group and of the French delegation to the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.[4]

Political positions

In July 2019, Marilossian voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[5]

In late 2019, Marilossian was one of 17 members of the Defense Committee who co-signed a letter to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in which they warned that the 365 million euro ($406 million) sale of aerospace firm Groupe Latécoère to U.S. fund Searchlight Capital raised “questions about the preservation of know-how and France’s defense industry base” and urged government intervention.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Eve Irvine (24 April 2019), Armenian genocide: 'My grandparents didn't want to tell me all the horrors' France 24.
  3. Board of Directors Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN).
  4. Jacques Marilossian French National Assembly.
  5. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  6. Michel Cabirol (23 November 2019), Ventes de Photonis et Latécoère: 17 députés souhaitent une approche souveraine La Tribune.
  7. Laurence Frost (9 January 2020), Concerns over U.S. Latecoere purchase overblown: Dassault CEO Reuters.
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