Richard Ferrand
| Richard Ferrand | |
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| Minister of Territorial Cohesion | |
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Assumed office 17 May 2017 |
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| Prime Minister | Édouard Philippe |
| Preceded by | Emmanuelle Cosse |
| General Secretary of En Marche! | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2016 |
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| President |
Emmanuel Macron Catherine Barbaroux (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Ludovic Chaker |
| Member of the National Assembly from Finistère's 6th constituency |
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Assumed office 19 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Christian Ménard |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 July 1962 Rodez, France |
| Political party |
Socialist Party (1980–2017) En Marche (2016–present) |
| Alma mater |
University of Toulouse University of Paris |
Richard Ferrand (born 1 July 1962) is a French Socialist politician. He serves as a member of the National Assembly for Finistère and a regional councillor for Finistère. He is also general secretary of the political party, En Marche!
Richard Ferrard joined the Socialist Party (PS) in 1980 and was elected as the councillor in the township of Carhaix-Plouguer in 1998 as his first elected office. In the municipal elections in 2001 and 2008, Ferrand lost in both times, obtaining 31% of the vote in 2008.
In the 2010 regional elections, he was one of the PS nominees for the Finistère regional council led by Christian Troadec. He became councillor for the region on 21 March 2010 and has since chaired the socialist and related group.
In 2007, Ferrand ran for Finistère's 6th constituency under the PS banner. He lost to Christian Ménard who achieved 50.19% of the vote. In 2012, Ferrand ran in the same constituency for PS where he got 32.2% of the vote in the first round and then 58.3% of the vote in the second round.
In the National Assembly, Ferrand is a member of the SER (Socialist, Ecologist and Republican) group and sits on the Social Affairs Committee. He has never worked in the agricultural or agri-food sector, but is co-chairman of the agricultural and agro-food industries group. He particularly involves himself in social issues and the use of cheaper labour than currently available.
While on the Social Affairs Committe, Ferrand was an EU-appointed rapporteur on resolutions around workers and the use of cheaper european labor. In his report, he stated that European workers feel detached due to the lack of social cohesion and the use of cheaper labour to replace them. He advocates measures to limit the replacement of workers.
Despite Ferrand's was opposition to the Bonnets Rouges movement against the recent eco-tax, which was started by the Fillon government and further expanded upon by the Ayrault government He took a stand against the expansions, saying they underline the complexity of the tax system. He supports amendments to the eco-tax. After there was a postponement of the eco-tax, Ferrand and other Breton politicians asked Minister of Energy, Ségolène Royal to rethink the tax plan.
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