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

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.

Biography

On June 17th, 2007, he was reelected as deputy for the XIIIth legislature (2007-2012), in the 9th district of Paris (part of the 13th arrondissement

Arrondissements of Paris

The city of Paris is divided into twenty arrondissements municipaux administrative districts, more simply referred to as arrondissements . These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the 101 French départements...

 (which includes the neighborhoods of Gare, Salpêtrière, and the part of Maison- Blanche situated to the east of a line defined by the streets avenue d'Italie et avenue de la Porte-d'Italie)) with 22108 votes (62.57%).

He is responsible for matters of health in the National Assembly for the socialist party

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

. 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

Armand Colin

Armand Colin is a historically important French publishing house created in 1870 by Auguste Armand Colin. It quickly became the principal publisher in the world of education, including higher education, with works for students and faculty in the human sciences, economics and education...

 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.

Placed under investigation for the MNEF Affair, for a presumed fictional job, the charges were later dropped.(Vingt ans de responsabilités au sein de la MNEF, Le Monde, du 24 novembre 1999)

On June 26th, 2007 he was elected as vice-president of the national assembly.

Mandats

• 07/29/1988 - 12/16/1992 : Deputy
• 03/20/1989 - 06/18/1995 : Member of the general council of Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  
• 3/20/1989 - 06/18/1995 : Member of the council of Paris
• 03/23/1992 - 06/25/1997 : Member of the regional council of Île-de-France
  Île-de-France (région)
  Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area....
  
  
• 06/19/1995 - 03/18/2001 : Member of the general council of Paris
• 06/19/1995 - 03/18/2001 : Member of the council of Paris
• 06/01/1997 - 06/18/2002 : Deputy of Paris
• 06/19/2002 - 06/17/2007 : Deputy of Paris
• Since 06/20/2007 : Deputy for the 13th arrondissement of Paris

Term in progress

• Since 2008, assistant to the mayor in charge of public health and relations with the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
  Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
  The Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris is the public hospital system of the city of Paris and its suburbs...
  
  (AP-HP)
• President of the administrative council for the AP-HP
• Since 2008, Councilor of Paris

External links

• Official site of Jean-Marie Le Guen
• Robi Morder, "Eléments pour une histoire politique de la mutuelle nationale des étudiants de France", Cahiers du Germe spécial n° 4, 2003/2004 (and on the site germe.info)
• Article in Le Monde from March 22nd, 2006