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Olivier Becht

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Olivier Becht
Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Economic Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad
In office
4 July 2022 – 11 January 2024
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byFranck Riester
Succeeded byFranck Riester
Member of the National Assembly
for Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency
Assumed office
12 February 2024
Preceded byCharlotte Goetschy-Bolognese
In office
20 June 2017 – 4 August 2022
Preceded byArlette Grosskost
Succeeded byCharlotte Goetschy-Bolognese
President of the Agir Ensemble group in the National Assembly
In office
26 May 2020 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Mayor of Rixheim
In office
15 March 2008 – 23 March 2014
Preceded byBernard Hanser
Succeeded byLudovic Haye
Personal details
Born (1976-04-28) 28 April 1976 (age 48)
Strasbourg, France
Political partyRenaissance (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations
Agir (2017–present)
Domestic partnerLivia Stoica
Alma materSciences Po Strasbourg
École nationale d'administration

Olivier Becht (born 28 April 1976) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who served as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad in the Borne government from 2022 to 2024. He has served as a member of the National Assembly for Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency since 2024, having previously held the seat from 2017 to 2022.[1] From 2008 to 2017, he served as the mayor of Rixheim.[2]

Political career

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In parliament, Becht served as member of the Defence Committee.[3] In this capacity, he co-authored (with Stéphane Trompille) a parliamentary report on space defence in 2019, calling on the Ministry of the Armies to upgrade its capabilities given the proliferation of competitors and potential enemies.[4] He was also a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Germany, Japan and Romania.

In addition to his committee assignments, Becht was a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2017 to 2022. In this capacity, he served on the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights; the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media; and the Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society.[5] In 2020, he was the Assembly's rapporteur on the regulation of neurotechnology, including brain–computer interfaces.[6]

Political positions

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In late 2019, Becht was one of 17 members of the committee who co-signed a letter to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in which they warned that the 365 million euro ($406 million) sale of aerospace firm Groupe Latécoère to U.S. fund Searchlight Capital raised “questions about the preservation of know-how and France’s defence industry base” and urged government intervention.[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Législatives: qui est Olivier Becht, le nouveau député DVD de la 5e circonscription du Haut-Rhin ?" (in French). France Bleu. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Vos élus - Mairie de Rixheim". 4 July 2017. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. ^ Olivier Becht French National Assembly.
  4. ^ Victor Mallet (July 25, 2019), France plans lasers to blind enemy satellites Financial Times.
  5. ^ Olivier Becht Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  6. ^ Fostering ethical and legal frameworks for the research and development of neurotechnology Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of October 22, 2020.
  7. ^ Michel Cabirol (November 23, 2019), Ventes de Photonis et Latécoère : 17 députés souhaitent une approche souveraine La Tribune.
  8. ^ Laurence Frost (January 9, 2020), Concerns over U.S. Latecoere purchase overblown: Dassault CEO Reuters.