Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the departmentofVal-d'Oise.[2]
Cécile Rilhac
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| Member of the National Assembly for Val-d'Oise's 3rd constituency | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Noël Carpentier |
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| Born | (1974-04-21) 21 April 1974 (age 50) 15th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Political party | Renaissance MDP[1] (2017-2019) |
| Profession | Teacher |
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In Parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]
In 2020, Rilhac joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[4] In 2023, she left the Renaissance group, together with Pompili, Mireille Clapot and Stella Dupont.[5]
In June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalize the distribution and use of cannabis.[6][7] Along with four other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Éric Bothorel –, she disassociated herself from their colleague Aurore Bergé when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.[8]
In 2020, Rilhac was one of ten LREM members who voted against her parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[9][10]
In 2018, Rilhac joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.[11]
In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[12]