Gilles Le Gendre (; born 13 May 1958) is a French politician who presided over the La République En Marche group in the National Assembly from 2018 to 2020. He was elected to the National Assembly in the 2017 legislative election for the 2nd constituency of Paris, which encompasses the 5th, as well as parts of the 6th and 7th arrondissements. He lost his party's renomination ahead of the 2024 snap election, in which he unsuccessfully ran for a third term in office.
Early career A graduate of Sciences Po, Le Gendre worked as director of the Challenges magazine redaction from 1995 to 2001 after stints at Europe 1 and Le Nouvel Économiste. He was director of communications and member of the executive committee at Fnac from 2002 to 2004.Sarah Paillou (11 January 2018), "Gilles Le Gendre, l'ex-journaliste et chef d'entreprise devenu président du groupe En Marche", Le Journal du Dimanche (in French).
Political career In Parliament, Le Gendre served as a member of the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces.Gilles Le Gendre French National Assembly. He was elected president of the LREM group in the National Assembly after the election of Richard Ferrand as the body's president.
In July 2019, Le Gendre voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), "CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés", Le Monde (in French). He stepped down in 2020 as group president and was succeeded by former Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.
Reelected in 2022, he was not nominated by Renaissance (formerly LREM) for a third term in the National Assembly. Instead, the Ensemble coalition nominated Jean Laussucq,Vincent Jaouen (26 June 2024), "Législatives : à Paris, une guerre surréaliste entre Rachida Dati, Gilles Le Gendre et LR", Le Point (in French).Loris Boichot (27 June 2024), "Législatives : à Saint-Germain-des-Prés, bataille entre un proche de Dati et le dissident Le Gendre", Le Figaro (in French). who won the seat in the 2024 snap election. Le Gendre placed third in the first voting round, withdrawing for the second, allowing Laussucq to win the seat against Marine Rosset of the Socialist Party, who had placed first in the first round.
Other activities Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Chair of the Supervisory Board (2017–2018)Véronique Chocron (11 January 2018), "Gilles Le Gendre quitte la commission de surveillance de la CDC", Le Monde (in French).Jean-Michel Bélot (14 February 2018), "CDC: Sophie Errante présidente de la commission de surveillance", Reuters (in French).
See also 2017 French legislative election
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