Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (; born 20 November 1968) is a French pharmacistLuc Lenoir (3 January 2021), «Des têtes doivent tomber pour leur collaboration» : des députés menacés à l'approche du vote sur le passe vaccinal Le Figaro (in French). and politician of the Horizons party who briefly served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2023 to 2024. She was elected as a member of the National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing the Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency.
Political career In November 2017, Firmin-Le Bodo left The Republicans (LR) and joined the new Agir party. In 2021, she also joined Horizons, the political party founded by former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, and was appointed its spokeswoman in December 2021.Stéphanie Séjourné and Xavier Oriot (10 October 2021), Autour d’Édouard Philippe, des personnalités politiques de tous horizons Ouest-France. Following Horizons' failed merger with Agir, she left the latter.Hugues Garnier (15 January 2022), Horizons: le parti d'Édouard Philippe suspend sa fusion avec la "maison commune" de la majorité BFM TV.
In parliament, Firmin-Le Bodo served on the Committee on Social Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-American Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Australian Parliamentary Friendship Group.Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo National Assembly.
Controversy During the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Firmin-Le Bodo received death threats for her support of vaccine passports.
In late 2023, Firmin-Le Bodo is suspected of having failed to declare over €20,000 worth of undisclosed gifts — including watches, bottles of champagne, smartphones and a television — from Laboratoires Urgo between 2015 and 2020, when she was working as a pharmacist in Normandy, according to an investigation by French website Mediapart.Claudia Chiappa (22 December 2023), France's new health minister under investigation for accepting undeclared gifts Politico Europe.Maugan Rambour (1 January 2024), Cadeaux offerts par Urgo : la ministre de la Santé Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo nie tout « conflit d’intérêts » Le Journal du Dimanche.
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