Jacqueline Maquet

Jacqueline Maquet
Maquet in 2018
Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency
In office 20 June 2012 – 9 June 2024
Preceded by	Catherine Génisson
Succeeded by	Agnès Pannier-Runacher
Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency
In office 20 June 2007 – 19 June 2012
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Defontaine
Succeeded by	Jean-Jacques Cottel
Personal details
Born	(1949-05-13) 13 May 1949 (age 75)
Political party	Socialist Party (2007-2017) Renaissance (2017–present)

Jacqueline Maquet (born 13 May 1949) is a French politician. She was a member of the National Assembly of France representing Pas-de-Calais 2nd constituency,[1] and is a member of Renaissance. She was formerly a member of the Socialist Party.

Political career

Maquet was elected to the National Assembly as a Socialist Party member representing Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency in the 2007 French legislative election, succeeding Jean-Pierre Defontaine who had represented the constituency since 1978 for the Radical Party of the Left. She moved to stand in Pas-de-Calais's 2nd constituency for the 2012 French legislative elections and was elected to the vacant seat.

She was re-elected as a candidate for La Republic En Marche! (later Renaissance), the party of French president Emmanuel Macron, in the 2017 and 2022 French legislative elections.[2] She faced allegations of opportunism over her decision to stand as a candidate for La Republic En Marche! in 2017.[3]

Referring to herself as a "left-wing Macronist", she disagreed with the government's controversial pension reform plan that sparked protests and strikes across the country in 2020.[4]

She stood down as a candidate for the 2024 French legislative election.[5]

References

1. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
2. "2e circonscription : Jacqueline Maquet (Ensemble !) réélue sans trembler" (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
3. Fé, H. (16 May 2017). "Jacqueline Maquet, investie par En Marche ! : « C'est tout sauf de l'opportunisme ! »". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
4. "LREM: ces députés frondeurs qui défient Macron". Le Figaro (in French). 17 May 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
5. "Arrageois : Jacqueline Maquet, la députée sortante, ne se représente pas" (in French). 14 June 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.