Maxime Minot
{{Short description|French politician}}
{{infobox Politician
| name = Maxime Minot
| image = Maxime Minot.jpg
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Oise's 7th constituency
| term_start = 21 June 2017
| term_end = 9 June 2024
| predecessor = Édouard Courtial
| successor = David Magnier
| term_start2 = 4 April 2014
| term_end2 = 15 July 2017
| predecessor2 = Monique Debosque
| successor2 = Alain Randon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|07|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Clermont, France
| party = The Republicans
| otherparty = UDC (2022)
}}
Maxime Minot (born 20 July 1987) is a French politician who has represented the 7th constituency of the Oise department in the National Assembly between 2017 and 2024. A member of The Republicans (LR), he was previously the mayor of Étouy from 2014 to 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2017-les-resultats-dans-la-7e-circonscription-de-l-oise-18-06-2017-7062987.php|title=Maxime Minot (LR) élu dans la 7e circonscription de l'Oise|last=à 19h11|first=Par R. O. Le 18 juin 2017|date=2017-06-18|website=leparisien.fr|language=fr-FR|access-date=2019-12-15}} Minot has also held a seat in the Departmental Council of Oise for the canton of Clermont since 2021.
Political career
=Early career=
In the 2017 presidential elections, Minot publicly denounced his party's candidate François Fillon amid the so-called Fillon affair and instead voted for Emmanuel Macron.Pierre-Alain Furbury (23 January 2019), [https://www.lesechos.fr/politique-societe/politique/les-jeunes-schnocks-de-la-droite-870517 Les « jeunes schnocks » de la droite] Les Echos.
=Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2024=
Minot was elected to the French Parliament at the 2017 legislative election. He has since been serving on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA720630 Maxime Minot] National Assembly.
In late 2019, Minot endorsed Damien Abad as chairman of the Republicans' parliamentary group.
Minot was re-elected in the 2022 legislative election, as part of the Union of the Right and Centre.
In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Minot endorsed Aurélien Pradié as the party’s chairman.Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/presidence-de-lr-qui-soutient-ciotti-pradie-et-retailleau-chez-les-deputes Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés] L'Obs.
In the 2024 French legislative election, Minot was unseated in a triangular election in the second round.{{Cite web |last=à 18h11 |first=Par Simon Gourru Le 2 juillet 2024 |date=2024-07-02 |title=Tenté par un rapprochement avec le RN aux législatives, Maxime Minot indigne les LR de l’Oise |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/tente-par-un-rapprochement-avec-le-rn-aux-legislatives-maxime-minot-indigne-les-lr-de-loise-02-07-2024-X4BJQU5FZZBKBNAIDH6FH6KWAM.php |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}
Personal life
In July 2020, Minot came out as gay.{{Cite news|date=2020-07-27|title=Maxime Minot, le député Les Républicains pro-PMA pour toutes|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/07/27/maxime-minot-le-depute-les-republicains-pro-pma-pour-toutes_6047355_823448.html|access-date=2020-08-14}}
References
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External links
- [http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA720630 National Assembly biography]
- [https://twitter.com/maximeminot?lang=en Twitter]
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Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
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