Bérangère Couillard (; born 24 July 1986) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who served as Minister for Gender Equality and Fight against discriminations in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2023 to 2024.Virginie Ballet (20 July 2023), Remaniement : Bérangère Couillard en transition vers l’Egalité Libération.
Couillard previously served as State Secretary for Ecology in Borne's government from 2022 to 2023.Pierre Breteau, Romain Imbach, Gary Dagorn, William Audureau, Jonathan Parienté and Assma Maad (4 July 2022), Qui sont les membres du gouvernement remanié d’Elisabeth Borne ? Le Monde. From the 2017 elections to 2022, she was a member of the French National Assembly, representing the department of Gironde.http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/gironde_33/gironde_7ere-circonscription
Early life and education Originally from Rennes, Couillard studied in Brittany, Paris and Ireland.Thomas Coignac (18 June 2017), Législatives : qui est Bérangère Couillard, la nouvelle députée REM de la 7e circonscription de Gironde France Bleu.
Political career In the National Assembly, Couillard served as member of the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to her committee assignments, she represented the parliament on the Higher Council for Energy (CSE).Bérangère Couillard French National Assembly. Within her parliamentary group, she co-chaired (alongside Guillaume Gouffier-Cha) a working group on fighting domestic violence.Agnès Leclair and Mathilde Siraud (29 November 2019), Ce que contient le texte de la majorité contre les violences conjugales Le Figaro.
Political positions In April 2018, Couillard joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.John Irish and Marine Pennetier (April 5, 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
In May 2018, Couillard co-sponsored an initiative in favour of legalizing assisted reproductive technology (ART) for all women (singles, heterosexual couples or lesbian couples).La PMA pour toutes, un acte d’égalité Libération, 29 May 2018.
In July 2019, Couillard voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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