Roland Lescure

Roland Lescure (born 26 November 1966) is a French banker and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since the 2017 elections.[1][2] He represents the First constituency for French residents overseas (Canada and the United States).

Roland Lescure
Member of the National Assembly for the First Overseas Constituency
Assumed office
June 2017 (2017-June)
Preceded byFrédéric Lefebvre
Personal details
Born (1966-11-26) 26 November 1966
Paris, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
ENSAE ParisTech
London School of Economics
ProfessionEconomist

Early life and career

Lescure was born and raised in Paris. His father was a journalist for L'Humanité, while his mother was a trade unionist for the Paris Transport Authority.[3] He studied at the École Polytechnique and the London School of Economics.[4]

Lescure worked as a money manager in France before moving to Montreal, Quebec to take a job as chief investment officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, reporting directly to his superior, the Caisse's president Michael Sabia.[3]

Political career

In parliament, Lescure serves as chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs. In this capacity, he was also the parliament's rapporteur on the privatization of Groupe ADP.[5]

In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Lescure supported Richard Ferrand's candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly. Once Ferrand was elected, he stood as a candidate to succeed him as president of the LREM parliamentary group.[6] After having won in the first round, he lost in the second round against Gilles Le Gendre.[7]

Political positions

In July 2019, Lescure voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[8]

In 2021, Lescure publicly criticized Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire, arguing that the Castex government's rejection of a proposed $20 billion takeover of Carrefour by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard was due partly by a desire to control domestic food supplies.[9]

Personal life

Lescure is married to an Irish woman.[4]

References
  1. "Roland Lescure (En Marche) élu député des Français des Etats-Unis et du Canada". Le Courrier de Floride, June 17, 2017.
  2. Elizabeth Pineau (February 20, 2020), Trade unions back on streets but French pension fight shifts to parliament Reuters.
  3. "He Quit a $2 Million Job to Help Run France". Bloomberg Businessweek, June 1, 2017.
  4. Justine Rastello (June 12, 2017), L'ascension express de Roland Lescure, en tête dans la circo de l'Amérique du Nord Libération.
  5. Manon Rescan (April 9, 2019), Des parlementaires lancent une procédure de référendum contre la privatisation des aéroports de Paris Le Monde.
  6. Lescure candidat à la tête des députés LREM Le Figaro, September 13, 2018.
  7. Gilles Le Gendre élu nouveau président des députés LREM Le Point, September 18, 2018.
  8. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  9. Ania Nussbaum (January 19, 2021), French Lawmakers Seek Assurances After Foreign Takeover Veto Bloomberg News.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.