Guillaume Kasbarian
Member of the National Assembly
for Eure-et-Loir's 1st constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byJean-Pierre Gorges
Personal details
Born (1987-02-28) 28 February 1987
Marseille, France
Political partyLa République En Marche
Alma materESSEC Business School
OccupationManager in a strategy consulting company

Guillaume Kasbarian (born 28 February 1987) is a French business consultant[1] and politician of La République En Marche (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Eure-et-Loir.[2]

Education and early career

The son of two civil servants of Armenian descent,[3] Kasbarian graduated from the ESSEC Business School in 2010. He subsequently worked as a consultant in a Parisian strategy consulting firm.[4]

Political career

Early beginnings

Kasbarian was the local representative of En Marche! for the Eure-et-Loir from December 2016 to June 2017.

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present

Kasbarian was elected deputy of the 1st constituency of Eure-et-Loir on 18 June 2017, after his victory over Franck Masselus in the second round of legislative elections.

In parliament, Kasbarian has been serving as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs since 2017; he became the committee’s chair after the legislative elections. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with Armenia and South Africa.[5]

Since November 2017, Kasbarian has been part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.[6]

Political positions

In July 2019, Kasbarian voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ingrid Melander (3 July 2014), Rookie French lawmaker reaches out from fortune-teller's van Reuters.
  2. ↑ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Ingrid Melander (3 July 2014), Rookie French lawmaker reaches out from fortune-teller's van Reuters.
  4. ↑ Hélène Bonnet (13 May 2017). "Guillaume Kasbarian (EM!) candidat dans la circonscription de Chartres "pour servir"" (in French). L'Écho républicain. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Guillaume Kasbarian French National Assembly.
  6. ↑ Le Conseil de La République En Marche ! La République En Marche!, press release of 16 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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