Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo
{{Short description|French pharmacist and politician (born 1968)}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo
| image = Agnès Firmin Le Bodo.jpg
| caption = Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo in 2017
| office = Minister of Health and Prevention
| term_start = 20 December 2023
| term_end = 11 January 2024
| primeminister = Élisabeth Borne
| predecessor = Aurélien Rousseau
| successor = Catherine Vautrin
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency
| term_start1 = 12 February 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Agnès Carel
| successor1 =
| term_start2 = 21 June 2017
| term_end2 = 4 August 2022
| predecessor2 = Jean-Louis Rousselin
| successor2 = Agnès Carel
| office3 = Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Profession
| term_start3 = 4 July 2022
| term_end3 = 20 December 2023
| primeminister3 = Élisabeth Borne
| predecessor3 = Office established
| successor3 = Office abolished
| office4 = President of the Cultural and Education Affairs Committee in the National Assembly
| term_start4 = 30 June 2022
| term_end4 = 6 July 2022
| predecessor4 = Bruno Studer
| successor4 = Isabelle Rauch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Le Havre, France
| party = Horizons (2021–present)
| otherparty = RPR (until 2002)
UMP (2002–2015)
LR (2015–2017)
Agir (2017–2022)
| alma_mater = University of Rouen
| profession = Pharmacist
}}
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo ({{IPA|fr|aɲɛs fiʁmɛ̃ lə bɔdo}}; born 20 November 1968) is a French pharmacistLuc Lenoir (3 January 2021), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/des-tetes-doivent-tomber-pour-leur-collaboration-des-deputes-menaces-a-l-approche-du-vote-sur-le-passe-vaccinal-20220103 «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.{{Cite web|title=Mme Agnès Firmin Le Bodo - Seine-Maritime (7e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA267780|access-date=2020-06-05|website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr}}
Political career
In November 2017, Firmin-Le Bodo left The Republicans (LR) and joined the new Agir party.{{Cite web|title=La députée Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo quitte LR|url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/accueil/la-deputee-agnes-firmin-le-bodo-quitte-lr-BM11958889|access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.paris-normandie.fr|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|title=" Agir, la droite constructive", un nouveau parti à droite|url=https://www.paris-normandie.fr/breves/normandie/agir-la-droite-constructive-un-nouveau-parti-a-droite-NG11537749|access-date=2020-06-05|website=www.paris-normandie.fr|language=fr-FR}} 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), [https://www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/autour-d-edouard-philippe-des-personnalites-politiques-de-tous-horizons-110c8e40-29ca-11ec-94f9-03a7744671fb 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), [https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/horizons-le-parti-d-edouard-philippe-suspend-sa-fusion-avec-la-maison-commune-de-la-majorite_AV-202201140532.html 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.[https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA267780 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.{{Cite news|date=2022-01-03|title=Covid-19: French MPs get death threats over support for vaccine pass|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59860058|access-date=2022-01-05}}
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), [https://www.politico.eu/article/france-new-health-minister-agnes-firmin-le-bodounder-investigation-accepting-undeclared-gifts/ France's new health minister under investigation for accepting undeclared gifts] Politico Europe.Maugan Rambour (1 January 2024), [https://www.lejdd.fr/politique/cadeaux-offerts-par-urgo-la-ministre-de-la-sante-agnes-firmin-le-bodo-nie-tout-conflit-dinterets-140851 Cadeaux offerts par Urgo : la ministre de la Santé Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo nie tout « conflit d’intérêts »] Le Journal du Dimanche.
References
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Category:Politicians from Le Havre
Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:The Republicans (France) politicians
Category:Agir (France) politicians
Category:Horizons (political party) politicians
Category:Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:University of Rouen Normandy alumni
Category:Members of the Borne government
Category:Women government ministers of France
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