Benoît Simian

Benoît Simian (born 27 May 1983) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly for Gironde's 5th constituency from 2017 to 2022.^[1]

Benoît Simian
Member of the French National Assembly for Gironde's 5th constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – June 2022
Preceded by	Pascale Got
Succeeded by	Grégoire de Fournas
Mayor of Ludon-Médoc
In office 2014–2017
Preceded by	Joseph Forter
Succeeded by	Philippe Ducamp
Personal details
Born	(1983-05-27) 27 May 1983 (age 42) Bordeaux, France
Political party	En Marche!
Profession	Human Resource Manager

Political career

In parliament, Simian serves as member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with Croatia and Spain.^[2]

At the initiative of Simian and Jean-Bernard Sempastous, some twenty LREM deputies who had been elected in rural areas established their interest group within the party's parliamentary group in September 2018.^[3] He joined the Horizons group.

He lost his seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.^[4]

Political positions

In July 2019, Simian voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.^[5]