Isabelle Rauch‎

{{infobox officeholder

| name = Isabelle Rauch

| image = Isabelle Rauch.jpg

| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Moselle's 9th constituency

| term_start = 21 June 2017

| term_end =

| predecessor = Patrick Weiten

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|8|10|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Villers-Semeuse, France

| nationality = French

| party = Socialist Party (until 2015)
UDI (2015-2016)
La République En Marche! (2017-2022)

Horizons (since 2022)

| alma_mater =

}}

Isabelle Rauch (born 10 August 1968) is a French politician of Horizons (Ensemble) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the ninth constituency of the department of Moselle.{{Cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/057/05709.html |title=Elections législatives 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |work=Ministry of the Interior |language=French}}

Early life and career

Rauch grew up in the Ardennes and in Alsace. She has worked as a medicine salesperson, for an agricultural products company, in telephone sales, and as a business consultant.{{cite web|url=http://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/edition-de-thionville-hayange/2017/06/20/isabelle-rauch-la-deputee-aux-neuf-vies|title=Isabelle Rauch, la députée aux neuf vies|date=20 June 2017 |publisher=|access-date=27 June 2017}} She studied at the ICN Business School in Nancy in 2014, and also has a specialist advanced diploma (diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) in marketing.

Political career

Rauch first became involved in politics as a member of the Socialists, joining the party in 1997. She has spoken of her admiration for the then Prime Minister Lionel Jospin. Rauch was elected as a city councilor in 2001 and as a regional councilor in 2008. She left the Socialists for the Union of Democrats and Independents in 2015. However, she left the party after it endorsed Francois Fillon for the 2017 presidential election. She joined La République En Marche! (LREM) and was elected in the 2017 French legislative election with 70.13% of the vote, defeating her National Front opponent Emilie Matz.{{cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-qui-est-isabelle-rauch-la-nouvelle-deputee-republique-en-marche-de-la-9e-circo-de-moselle-1497862472|title=Législatives : qui est Isabelle Rauch, la nouvelle députée République en marche de la 9e circo de Moselle?|date=19 June 2017|publisher=|access-date=27 June 2017}}

In addition to her committee assignments, Rauch has been a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017. In this capacity, she serves on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.[http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=7776 Isabelle Rauch] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Since 2019, she has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

Political positions

In July 2019, Rauch voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), [https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2019/07/24/ceta-qui-a-vote-quoi-parmi-les-deputes_5493039_4355770.html CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés] Le Monde.

Personal life

Rauch has four children.{{cite web|url=http://jeudi.lu/moselle-isabelle-rauch-une-ex-ps-et-ex-udi-elue-deputee-rem/|title=Moselle: Isabelle Rauch, une ex-PS et ex-UDI élue députée REM - Le_Jeudi|website=jeudi.lu|access-date=27 June 2017}}