Sylvia Pinel

Not to be confused with Silvia Pinal.

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
Parliament	14th and 15th (Fifth Republic)
Preceded by	Jacques Moignard
Succeeded by	Marine Hamelet
Parliamentary group	RRDP (2016-2017) NI (2017-2018) LIOT (2018-2021) App. LIOT (2021-2022)
Constituency	Tarn-et-Garonne's 2nd
In office 20 June 2007 – 21 July 2012
Parliament	13th and 14th (Fifth Republic)
Preceded by	Jacques Briat
Succeeded by	Jacques Moignard
Parliamentary group	SRC (2007-2012) RRDP (2012)
Constituency	Tarn-et-Garonne's 2nd
Co-president of the Radical Movement
In office 9 December 2017 – 8 February 2019 Serving with Laurent Hénart
Preceded by	Party created
Succeeded by	Laurent Hénart (alone)
Member of the Regional council of Occitanie
In office 4 January 2016 – 1 July 2021
President	Carole Delga
Constituency	Tarn-et-Garonne
Minister of Housing, Territorial Equality, and Rurality
In office 2 April 2014 – 11 February 2016
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Manuel Valls
Government	Valls I and II
Preceded by	Cécile Duflot
Succeeded by	Emmanuelle Cosse (Housing) Jean-Michel Baylet (Territorial planning and Rurality)
Minister of Arts and Crafts, Trade and Tourism
In office 16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
President	François Hollande
Prime Minister	Jean-Marc Ayrault
Government	Ayrault
Preceded by	Frédéric Lefebvre
Succeeded by	Valérie Fourneyron (Trade and Arts and Crafts) Fleur Pellerin (Tourism)
Personal details
Born	(1977-09-28) 28 September 1977 (age 46) L'Union, Haute-Garonne, France
Political party	PRG
Alma mater	Toulouse 1 University Capitole

Sylvia Pinel (French pronunciation: [silvja pinɛl]; born 28 September 1977) is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2016 to 2022,^[1] representing the 2nd constituency in the Tarn-et-Garonne department.^[2] Since 3 September 2016, she has been the leader of the moderate and social-liberal centre-left Radical Party of the Left.

Early life and education

Pinel attended Lycée Michelet in Montauban, and received a DESS focusing on litigation and arbitration and a DEA in European law at Toulouse at the Toulouse 1 University Capitole, she studied her first year of law school at the university center of Montauban.

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 Ministry of Productive Recovery by President François Hollande; shortly after, on 18 June 2012, she became Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the French Ministry of Productive Recovery.

On 2 April 2014, Pinel was appointed Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls. During her time in office, France announced measures in 2015 to boost its housing market, providing €2 billion ($2.15 billion) in tax relief to banks offering new zero-interest mortgages.^[4]

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 2017 French legislative election, Pinel was re-elected in the same constituency by 21,398 votes (55.40%) to 17,230 (44.60%) for her National Front opponent, Romain Lopez; there were 38,628 valid votes cast out of 93,329 electors.

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 Liberties and Territories (LT) parliamentary group in 2018, Pinel became its deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of co-chairs Bertrand Pancher and Philippe Vigier.^[9] When Vigier left the group in 2020, she succeeded him as co-chair.

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]

References

1. Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro.
2. "Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
3. Sylvia Pinel National Assembly.
4. Michel Rose, (9 November 2015), France introduces new measures to boost depressed housing market Reuters.
5. John Irish (17 December 2016), Seven candidates to compete in French left-wing presidential primaries Reuters.
6. Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (13 January 2017), France’s Socialist contenders expose deep divisions in TV debate Financial Times.
7. Lucy Williamson (21 January 2017), France's Socialists open battle for party's future BBC News.
8. Sylvia Pinel National Assembly.
9. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (17 October 2018), Assemblée nationale : création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires» Le Figaro.
10. "Législatives 2022. Voici les résultats du 1er tour dans la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne". actu.fr (in French). 12 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
11. "Qui sont les 9 candidats de la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne?". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 14 June 2022.