Thomas Gassilloud

{{short description|French politician (born 1981)}}

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| name = Thomas Gassilloud

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|21 May 1981|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise, France

| nationality = French

| otherparty = Miscellaneous right (until 2017)
Agir (2020–2022)

| party = Renaissance (2017–2020; 2020–present)

| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Rhône's 10th constituency

| term_start = 21 June 2017

| term_end =

| office1 = Mayor of Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise

| term_start1 = 30 March 2014

| term_end1 = 17 July 2017

| predecessor1 = Roger Peillon

| successor1 = Jérôme Banino

| predecessor = Christophe Guilloteau

| image = Délégation de la Commission de la défense et des forces armées conduite par son Président, Thomas GASSILLOUD le jeudi 12 janvier 2023 à l'Ecole polytechnique (52624552494) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Gassilloud in 2023

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Thomas Gassilloud ({{IPA|fr|tɔma ɡasiju}}; born 21 May 1981) is a French politician who has represented the 10th constituency of the Rhône department in the National Assembly since 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/069/06910.html |title=Elections législatives 2017 |accessdate=19 June 2017 |work=Ministry of the Interior |language=French}}{{Cite news|date=2017-06-28|title=Qui est mon député ? Notre moteur de recherche pour mieux connaître votre représentant à l'Assemblée nationale|language=fr|work=Le Monde.fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2017/06/28/qui-est-mon-depute-notre-moteur-de-recherche-pour-mieux-connaitre-votre-representant-a-l-assemblee-nationale_5152291_823448.html#depute_69_10|access-date=2021-10-31}} First elected to Parliament as a member of La République En Marche! (LREM), he joined Agir in 2020 and sat with the Agir ensemble group in the National Assembly until 2022, when the group was disbanded.{{Cite news|date=2020-05-27|title=Le député LREM du Rhône Thomas Gassilloud rejoint le groupe "Agir Ensemble" à l'Assemblée nationale|language=fr|work=france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone/depute-lrem-du-rhone-thomas-gassilloud-rejoint-groupe-agir-ensemble-assemblee-nationale-1834162.html|access-date=}} Following the 2022 legislative election, he joined the Renaissance group, after Agir was merged into Renaissance (formerly LREM).

Early life and education

Political career

In Parliament, Gassilloud serves on the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces, which he presided over from 30 June 2022 to 9 June 2024 in the 16th National Assembly. He succeeded Françoise Dumas who lost her seat in the 2022 legislative election.[https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA722358 Thomas Gassilloud], National Assembly (in French). He also served in the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST) from 2017 to 2022.[http://www.senat.fr/opecst/composition.html Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST)], Senate (in French).

In addition to his committee assignments, Gassilloud is part of a number of parliamentary friendship groups, including with the Central African Republic, Chad and Mali. He served in the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) from 2017 to 2022, before he was part of the French delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from 2022 to 2024, where he served on the Political Committee, the Subcommittee on NATO Partnerships, as well as the Subcommittee on Transatlantic Relations.[https://www.nato-pa.int/members/gassilloud-thomas Thomas Gassilloud], NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

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