Michel Herbillon | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly for Val-de-Marne's 8th constituency |
Termstart: | 12 June 1997 |
Office1: | Mayor of Maisons-Alfort |
Term Start1: | 23 May 1992 |
Term End1: | 2 July 2017 |
Predecessor1: | René Nectoux |
Successor1: | Olivier Capitanio |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1951 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Mandé, France |
Predecessor: | Alain Griotteray |
Party: | The Republicans (2015–present) |
Otherparty: | Republican Party/Union for French Democracy (until 1997) Liberal Democracy (1997–2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) |
Michel Herbillon (born 6 March 1951) is a French politician who has represented the 8th constituency of the Val-de-Marne department in the National Assembly since 1997.[1]
A member of The Republicans (LR), formerly the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), he previously held a seat in the General Council of Val-de-Marne from 1989 to 1998, elected in the canton of Maisons-Alfort-Sud, as well as the mayorship of Maisons-Alfort from 1992 until 2017.
In Parliament, Herbillon serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, of which he holds a vice presidency since 2017, as well as on the Committee on European Affairs.[2] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Cambodian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
In The Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Herbillon endorsed Jean-François Copé as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.[3] In The Republicans' 2017 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[4]
In July 2019, Herbillon voted against the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[5]
On 15 March 2020, Herbillon tested positive for COVID-19.[6]