Sylvia Pinel

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Sylvia Pinel
Sylvia Pinel in 2013
Member of the National Assembly for Tarn-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency
In office 12 March 2016 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Jacques Moignard
Succeeded by	Marine Hamelet
In office 20 June 2007 – 21 July 2012
Preceded by	Jacques Briat
Succeeded by	Jacques Moignard
Member of the Regional council of Occitanie
In office 4 January 2016 – 1 July 2021
President	Carole Delga
Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing
In office 2 April 2014 – 11 February 2016
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls
Preceded by	Cécile Duflot
Succeeded by	Emmanuelle Cosse
Personal details
Born	(1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 (age 46) Toulouse 1 University Capitole

Sylvia Pinel (French pronunciation:

Pinel's mother was Deputy Mayor of Fabas, worked with Senator-Mayor radical Pierre Tajan. Her father, Michel Pinel, who died in 2011, was an alderman in Gargas.

Political career

Member of the National Assembly, 2007–2012

In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in 2007, Pinel was elected in the 2nd constituency of Tarn-et-Garonne (Castelsarrasin). In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in 2012, she was re-elected in the same constituency by 30,445 votes (54.31%) to 20,417 (40.14%) for her opponent, Dulac; there were 50,862 valid votes cast out of 89,289 electors.

In parliament, Pinel served on the Committee on Legal Affairs (2007-2012) and the Defence Committee (2016-2017).^[3]

Career in government

On 16 May 2012 Pinel was appointed Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the French

On 2 April 2014 Pinel was appointed

In the Socialist Party's primaries, Pinel ran to become the party's candidate in the 2017 French presidential election; she was the only female candidate.^[5] She eventually lost against Benoît Hamon.^[6][7]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022

In the second round (run-off) of the

In parliament, Pinel served on the Commission on Economic Affairs from 2019 to 2022. She was also a member of the Finance Committee (2017-2020).^[8]

Following the formation of the

Pinel lost her seat in the first round in the 2022 French legislative election.^[10] It was won by National Rally candidate Marine Hamelet in the second round.^[11]

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