Brigitte Liso

Brigitte Liso
Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 4th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byMarc-Philippe Daubresse
Personal details
Born (1959-07-29) 29 July 1959 (age 65)
Lille, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Brigitte Liso (born 29 July 1959) is a French entrepreneur[1] and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Nord.[2]

Early career

Liso spent her early career in the private sector as a public and commercial relations manager for major groups such as Pernod Ricard and Hachette Livre, then as a medical sales representative for GlaxoSmithKline.[3] She later founded a patisserie business specializing on éclairs.[4]

Political career

In parliament, Liso served on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education from 2017 until 2019 before moving to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[5]

In July 2019, Liso voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ French election: Macron team complete rout with Assembly win BBC News, 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ Lucie Alexandre (June 220, 2018), Les députés LREM Brigitte Liso et Thomas Mesnier racontent un an à l’Assemblée La Croix.
  4. ^ French election: Macron team complete rout with Assembly win BBC News, 19 June 2017.
  5. ^ Brigitte Liso Assemblée Nationale.
  6. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.