Michel Amiel

Michel Amiel (born 1954) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2014. From 2017 until 2020, he was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).

Michel Amiel
Member of the French Senate for Bouches-du-Rhône
Assumed office
1 October 2014
Preceded byIsabelle Pasquet
Personal details
Born (1954-07-03) 3 July 1954
Cannes, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche! (2017-2020)

Early life

Amiel was born on 3 July 1954.[1]

Career

Amiel has served as a member of the French Senate since 2014.[1] He is also the Mayor of Les Pennes-Mirabeau.[1]

Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 primaries, Amiel endorsed Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.[2]

In March 2020, Amiel left LREM after Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced he would push through a controversial pensions bill by executive decree.[3]

References
  1. French Senate: Michel Amiel
  2. Primaire à droite : Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet a réuni assez de parrainages Le Monde, September 8, 2016.
  3. Le sénateur Michel Amiel quitte En marche ! à cause du 49.3, dénonçant le « cynisme et l’incompétence politique » Le Monde, September 8, 2016.
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