Michel Amiel

French politician

Michel Amiel

Member of the French Senate for Bouches-du-Rhône
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2014
Preceded by	Isabelle Pasquet

Personal details
Born	(1954-07-03) 3 July 1954 (age 70) Cannes, France
Political party	La République En Marche! (2017-2020)

Michel Amiel (born 1954) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2014. From 2017 until 2020, he was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).

Early life

Amiel was born on 3 July 1954.^[1]

Career

Amiel has served as a member of the French Senate since 2014.^[1] He is also the Mayor of Les Pennes-Mirabeau.^[1]

Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 primaries, Amiel endorsed Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.^[2]

In March 2020, Amiel left LREM after Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced he would push through a controversial pensions bill by executive decree.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c French Senate: Michel Amiel
^ Primaire à droite : Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet a réuni assez de parrainages Le Monde, September 8, 2016.
^ Le sénateur Michel Amiel quitte En marche ! à cause du 49.3, dénonçant le « cynisme et l’incompétence politique » Le Monde, September 8, 2016.