Jean-Marie Le Guen


Jean-Marie Le Guen is a doctor, public health expert, and member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the city of Paris, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Early life

Jean-Marie Le Guen was born on January 3, 1953 in Paris, France.

Career

Le Guen worked for Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild.
On 17 June 2007, he was reelected as deputy for the XIIIth legislature, in the 9th district of Paris with 22108 votes.
He is responsible for matters of health in the National Assembly for the socialist party. President of the study group on obesity in the National Assembly, he is the author, in collaboration with Marc Horwitz, of "Obesity: The New French Sickness", published by Armand Colin in March 2005. He also presided over the parliamentary task force on the avian flu, and is vice-president of the parliamentary office of the evaluation of health policy, as well as a titular member of the High Council for the future of health insurance.
On 26 June 2007, he was elected as vice-president of the national assembly.

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