Jacques Marilossian

Jacques Marilossian
Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 7th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byPatrick Ollier
Personal details
Born (1958-07-26) 26 July 1958 (age 66)
Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Political partyLa République En Marche! (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations		Parti Socialiste (until 2016)
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris
Sciences Po
University Panthéon-Sorbonne

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]

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 Archived 19 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine 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.