{{Short description|French politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Maud Petit | image = Maud-Petit.jpg | caption = | office = Member of the National Assembly<br />for Val-de-Marne's 4th constituency | term_start = 21 June 2017 | term_end = 9 June 2024 | predecessor = Jacques-Alain Bénisti | office2 = Member of the Municipal council of Villiers-sur-Marne | term_start2 = April 2014 | term_end2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Paris, France | party = MoDem | education = University of Caen Normandy | occupation = }} '''Maud Petit''' is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2024, representing Val-de-Marne.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA721234 |title=Mme Maud Petit |accessdate=21 December 2017 |work=National Assembly |language=French}}</ref>
==Early life== Born in Paris, Petit grew up in Martinique. She attended school in Fort-de-France, at the Convent Saint-Joseph de Cluny, at the College of Pointe des Nègres and Schœlcher High School, before leaving for Normandy pursue her graduate studies in Law and Modern Literature, at the University of Caen Normandy.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://outremers360.com/politique/legislatives-2017-doutre-mer-en-hexagone-maud-petit-candidate-en-marche-dans-le-val-de-marne/|title=Législatives 2017 – d'Outre-mer en Hexagone: Maud Petit, candidate En Marche! dans le Val-de-Marne |language=fr|publisher=outremers360.com|date= |accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref>
The daughter of an urban architect and a doctor in geography, elder sister of 5 siblings, she is also granddaughter of Camille Petit, doctor became deputy of Martinique from 1967 to 1986. She is the mother of two children. She does her professional career in the field of Human Resources.
==Political career== ===Career in local politics=== Petit was elected municipal councilor of Villiers-sur-Marne in the 2014 municipal elections on the UMP-UDI-MoDem union list led by Jacques-Alain Bénisti. She then in charge of the delegation of early childhood.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/villiers-sur-marne-94350/4e-circonscription-maud-petit-investie-par-le-modem-et-en-marche-17-05-2017-6958749.php|title=4e circonscription : Maud Petit investie par le Modem et En marche ! |language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|date= 17 May 2017|accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref>
===Member of the National Assembly=== Petit was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 4th constituency of Val-de-Marne.<ref>{{cite web|author= Denis Courtine |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-les-resultats-du-second-tour-dans-la-4e-circonscription-du-val-de-marne-18-06-2017-7063362.php|title=Législatives 2017 : Maud Petit redonne un siège au Modem dans la 4e circonscription|language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|date= 18 June 2017 |accessdate=21 December 2017}}</ref>
In the National Assembly, Petit sits on the Cultural and Education Affairs Committee. She is a member of the Working Group on the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/instances/fiche/OMC_PO741916|title=Composition du groupe de travail sur les jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Paris en 2024|accessdate=21 December 2017 |work=National Assembly |language=French}}</ref> and member of the Mission of information on the school in the digital society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/instances/fiche/OMC_PO746694|title=Composition de la mission d'information sur l'école dans la société du numérique|accessdate=21 December 2017 |work=National Assembly |language=French}}</ref> She is a Secretary of the Delegation to overseas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/15/les-delegations-comite-et-office-parlementaire/delegation-aux-outre-mer/(block)/42680 |title=Délégation aux outre-mer |accessdate=21 December 2017 |work=National Assembly |language=French}}</ref>
She was re-elected in the 2022 elections.
In addition to her committee assignments, Petit has been a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2022 to 2024. In this capacity, she has been serving on the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination.<ref>[https://pace.coe.int/en/members/8645/petit Maud Petit] Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe )(PACE).</ref>
==See also== * 2017 French legislative election * 2022 French legislative election * Val-de-Marne's 4th constituency
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