Jean-Michel Jacques
{{short description|French politician (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name =
| image = Jean-Michel Jacques.jpg
| caption = Jacques in Hennebont, 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|02|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Metz, France
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
for Morbihan's 6th constituency
| term_start1 = 21 June 2017
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Philippe Noguès
| successor1 =
| parliamentarygroup =
| office2 = Mayor of Brandérion
| term_start2 = 28 March 2014
| term_end2 = 10 July 2017
| predecessor2 = Hubert de Lageneste
| successor2 = Jean-Yves Carrio
| party = Renaissance
| occupation = Military nurse
}}
Jean-Michel Jacques ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃miʃɛl ʒak}}; born 29 February 1968) is a French politician who has represented the 6th constituency of the Morbihan department in the National Assembly since 2017. A member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!), he has presided over the National Assembly National Defence and Armed Forces Committee since 2024. Jacques is a former military nurse with French Navy special forces, under the Special Operations Command.
Early life and career
Born in 1968 in Metz, Jacques grew up in Hagondange, a small town nearby, in Moselle. In 1988, at 18 years-old, he joined the French Navy; he specialised in military nursing, later passing selection for the Commandos Marine, the Special Operation Forces of the Navy.{{Cite news|url=http://jeanmicheljacques.fr/index.php/2018/10/05/retrouvez-portrait-mensuel-morbihan/|title=Retrouvez mon portrait dans le Mensuel du Morbihan - Député Jean-Michel Jacques|date=5 October 2018|work=Député Jean-Michel Jacques|access-date=9 October 2018|language=fr-FR|archive-date=9 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009050220/http://jeanmicheljacques.fr/index.php/2018/10/05/retrouvez-portrait-mensuel-morbihan/|url-status=dead}} Jacques served for a total of 23 years with the Navy, also being a volunteer firefighter in Morbihan.
Following his retirement from the Navy, he kept working as a nurse. From 2014 to 2017, he held the mayorship of Brandérion, a small town northeast of Lorient, as a political independent.
In the 2017 legislative election, Jacques was elected to the National Assembly as a member of La République En Marche! in the 6th constituency of Morbihan.{{Cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/056/05606.html |title=Elections législatives 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |work=Ministry of the Interior |language=French}} He was reelected in 2022 and 2024.
As a parliamentarian Jacques took office as deputy-president of the National Assembly Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces, a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,{{Cite web |last=Assemblée nationale |first=|title=M. Jean-Michel Jacques - Morbihan (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale |url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA720354 |access-date=9 October 2018 |website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr |language=fr-FR}} as well as presided over the "Major crisis and risks management" study group.{{Cite web |last=Assemblée nationale |first=|title=Composition du groupe d'études : crises et risques majeurs au 9 octobre 2018 - 15ème législature - Assemblée nationale |url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/instances/fiche/OMC_PO746758 |access-date=9 October 2018 |website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr |language=fr-FR}}
On 20 July 2024, he was elected president of the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces, succeeding Thomas Gassilloud.
See also
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Category:Renaissance (French political party) politicians
Category:French Navy personnel
Category:Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic