{{short description|French politician}} {{Distinguish|Silvia Pinal}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=July 2010}} {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Sylvia Pinel}} }} {{Use British English|date=June 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Sylvia Pinel | image = Sylvia Pinel 2013.jpg | caption = Sylvia Pinel in 2013 | office = Member of the National Assembly<br>for Tarn-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency | term_start = 12 March 2016 | term_end = 21 June 2022 | constituency = Tarn-et-Garonne's 2nd | parliamentary_group = RRDP {{small|(2016-2017)}}<br>NI {{small|(2017-2018)}}<br>LIOT {{small|(2018-2021)}}<br> App. LIOT {{small|(2021-2022)}} | 1blankname = Parliament | 1namedata = 14th and 15th {{small|(Fifth Republic)}} | predecessor = Jacques Moignard | successor = Marine Hamelet | term_start1 = 20 June 2007 | term_end1 = 21 July 2012 | constituency1 = Tarn-et-Garonne's 2nd | predecessor1 = Jacques Briat | successor1 = Jacques Moignard | parliamentary_group1 = SRC {{small|(2007-2012)}}<br>RRDP {{small|(2012)}} | 1blankname1 = Parliament | 1namedata1 = 13th and 14th {{small|(Fifth Republic)}} | office2 = Co-president of the Radical Movement | term_start2 = 9 December 2017 | term_end2 = 8 February 2019 | alongside2 = Laurent Hénart | predecessor2 = ''Party created'' | successor2 = Laurent Hénart {{small|(''alone'')}} | office3 = Member of the Regional council of Occitanie | term_start3 = 4 January 2016 | term_end3 = 1 July 2021 | president3 = Carole Delga | constituency3 = Tarn-et-Garonne | office4 = Minister of Housing, Territorial Equality, and Rurality | president4 = François Hollande | prime_minister4 = Manuel Valls | term_start4 = 2 April 2014 | term_end4 = 11 February 2016 | predecessor4 = Cécile Duflot | successor4 = Emmanuelle Cosse {{small|(Housing)}}<br>Jean-Michel Baylet {{small|(Territorial planning and Rurality)}} | 1blankname4 = Government | 1namedata4 = Valls I and II | office5 = Minister of Arts and Crafts, Trade and Tourism | term_start5 = 16 May 2012 | term_end5 = 31 March 2014 | president5 = François Hollande | prime_minister5 = Jean-Marc Ayrault | predecessor5 = Frédéric Lefebvre | successor5 = Valérie Fourneyron {{small|(Trade and Arts and Crafts)}}<br> Fleur Pellerin {{small|(Tourism)}} | 1blankname5 = Government | 1namedata5 = Ayrault | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|09|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = L'Union, Haute-Garonne, France | party = PRG | alma_mater = Toulouse 1 University Capitole }}
'''Sylvia Pinel''' ({{IPA|fr|silvja pinɛl|lang}}; born 28 September 1977) is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly of France from 2016 to 2022,<ref>Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/resultats-legislatives-2022-qui-sont-les-65-deputes-sortants-elimines-au-premier-tour-20220613 Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ?] ''Le Figaro''.</ref> representing the 2nd constituency in the Tarn-et-Garonne department.<ref name='anfr'>{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/elections/2007/resultats/LDD_DEP.csv.asp |accessdate=4 July 2010 |title=Liste Définitive des Députés Élus à L'issue des Deux Tours |language=French |publisher=National Assembly of France }}</ref> Since 3 September 2016, she has been the leader of the moderate and social-liberal centre-left Radical Party of the Left.
==Early life and education== Pinel attended Lycée Michelet in Montauban, and received a DESS focusing on litigation and arbitration and a DEA in European law at Toulouse at the Toulouse 1 University Capitole, she studied her first year of law school at the university center of Montauban.
Pinel's mother was Deputy Mayor of Fabas, worked with Senator-Mayor radical Pierre Tajan. Her father, Michel Pinel, who died in 2011, was an alderman in Gargas.
==Political career== ===Member of the National Assembly, 2007–2012=== In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in 2007, Pinel was elected in the 2nd constituency of Tarn-et-Garonne (Castelsarrasin). In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in 2012, she was re-elected in the same constituency by 30,445 votes (54.31%) to 20,417 (40.14%) for her opponent, Dulac; there were 50,862 valid votes cast out of 89,289 electors.
In parliament, Pinel served on the Committee on Legal Affairs (2007-2012) and the Defence Committee (2016-2017).<ref>[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA336175 Sylvia Pinel] National Assembly.</ref>
===Career in government=== On 16 May 2012, Pinel was appointed Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the French Ministry of Productive Recovery by President François Hollande; shortly after, on 18 June 2012, she became Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the French Ministry of Productive Recovery.
On 2 April 2014, Pinel was appointed Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls. During her time in office, France announced measures in 2015 to boost its housing market, providing €2 billion ($2.15 billion) in tax relief to banks offering new zero-interest mortgages.<ref>Michel Rose, (9 November 2015), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL8N12R4SA20151109 France introduces new measures to boost depressed housing market] ''Reuters''.</ref>
In the Socialist Party's primaries, Pinel ran to become the party's candidate in the 2017 French presidential election; she was the only female candidate.<ref>John Irish (17 December 2016), [https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1460G2 Seven candidates to compete in French left-wing presidential primaries] ''Reuters''.</ref> She eventually lost against Benoît Hamon.<ref>Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (13 January 2017), [https://www.ft.com/content/08e1fd74-d91e-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e France’s Socialist contenders expose deep divisions in TV debate] ''Financial Times''.</ref><ref>Lucy Williamson (21 January 2017), [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38676370 France's Socialists open battle for party's future] ''BBC News''.</ref>
===Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022=== In the second round (run-off) of the 2017 French legislative election, Pinel was re-elected in the same constituency by 21,398 votes (55.40%) to 17,230 (44.60%) for her National Front opponent, Romain Lopez; there were 38,628 valid votes cast out of 93,329 electors.
In parliament, Pinel served on the Commission on Economic Affairs from 2019 to 2022. She was also a member of the Finance Committee (2017-2020).<ref>[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA336175 Sylvia Pinel] National Assembly.</ref>
Following the formation of the Liberties and Territories (LT) parliamentary group in 2018, Pinel became its deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of co-chairs Bertrand Pancher and Philippe Vigier.<ref>Tristan Quinault-Maupoil and Mathilde Siraud (17 October 2018), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/coulisses/2018/10/17/25006-20181017ARTFIG00124-assemblee-nationale-creation-d-un-nouveau-groupe-batise-libertes-et-territoires.php Assemblée nationale : création d'un nouveau groupe baptisé «Libertés et territoires»] ''Le Figaro''.</ref> When Vigier left the group in 2020, she succeeded him as co-chair.
Pinel lost her seat in the first round in the 2022 French legislative election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022. Voici les résultats du 1er tour dans la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne |url=https://actu.fr/politique/elections-legislatives/legislatives-2022-voici-les-resultats-du-1er-tour-dans-la-2e-circonscription-du-tarn-et-garonne_51644731.html |access-date=18 June 2022 |website=actu.fr |date=12 June 2022 |language=fr}}</ref> It was won by National Rally candidate Marine Hamelet in the second round.<ref>{{cite web |title=Qui sont les 9 candidats de la 2e circonscription du Tarn-et-Garonne? |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2022/06/10/qui-sont-les-9-candidats-de-la-2e-circonscription-du-tarn-et-garonne-10350314.php |access-date=14 June 2022 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr |publication-date=}}</ref>
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