Francis Chouat

Francis Chouat (20 December 1948 – 27 July 2024) was a French historian and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly after winning a by-election in 2018, representing Essonne's 1st constituency.^[1]

Francis Chouat
Chouat in 2018
Member of the National Assembly for Essonne's 1st constituency
In office 26 November 2018 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Farida Amrani
Constituency	Essonne
Mayor of Évry
In office 3 June 2012 – 26 December 2018
Preceded by	Manuel Valls
Succeeded by	Danielle Valéro
Personal details
Born	Francis Georges Chouat (1948-12-20)20 December 1948 Argenteuil, France
Died	27 July 2024(2024-07-27) (aged 75) Paris, France
Political party	Territories of Progress La République En Marche! Socialist Party
Relatives	Didier Chouat (brother)
Profession	Historian

Chouat did not run for re-election in the 2022 French legislative election.^[2]

Political career

Chouat joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1995. From 1999 to 2002, he worked as economic policy advisor to the President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, Jean-Paul Huchon.^[3] In 2012, he was elected mayor of Évry, succeeding Manuel Valls.^[4] Ahead of the 2017 Senate elections, he left the PS.^[5]

In parliament, Chouat served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education (2018–2019) and the Finance Committee (since 2019).^[6]

In February 2020, Chouat joined the newly established Territoires de progrès movement launched by Jean-Yves Le Drian and Olivier Dussopt.^[7] By May 2020, he also joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.^[8]

Political positions

In July 2019, Chouat voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.^[9]

Personal life and death

Chouat's brother Didier Chouat was also an MP.^[10] Chouat died from cancer on 27 July 2024, at the age of 75.^[11]