{{short description|French politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Thomas Mesnier | image = Thomas Mesnier 16881.JPG | caption = | office = Member of the French National Assembly for Charente's 1st constituency | term_start = 21 June 2017 | term_end = 2 December 2022 | predecessor = Martine Pinville | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|03|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France | party = Horizons (since 2021) | other_party = En Marche! (2017–2021) | education = University of Poitiers | occupation = Emergency doctor | successor = René Pilato | office1 = Committee on Social Affairs | term_start1 = 2019 | term_end1 = 2022 }} '''Thomas Mesnier''' (born 4 March 1986 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire) is a French physician and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 until 2022, representing the 1st constituency of the department of Charente.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/016/01601.html |title=Elections législatives 2017 |accessdate=19 June 2017 |work=Ministry of the Interior |language=French}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Mesnier grew up in Juignac, Charente. During his medical studies at the University of Poitiers, he joined the National Association of Medical Students in France. In 2013, he became an emergency doctor at the Angoulême Hospital Center.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mélanie Domange, François Petitdemange|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/elections/legislatives-qui-est-thomas-mesnier-le-nouveau-depute-lrem-de-la-1e-circonscription-de-la-charente-1497621296|title=Législatives : qui est Thomas Mesnier, le nouveau député LREM de la 1ère circonscription de la Charente? |language=fr|publisher=francebleu.fr |date= 18 June 2017|accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>
==Political career== A member of En Marche! in the Charente, Mesnier was elected his party's candidate for the first constituency of Charente, in the parliamentary elections of 2017. He came first in the first round with 38% of the vote, far ahead of the candidate of La France Insoumise, Martine Boutin, and outgoing deputy Martine Pinville. On 18 June 2017, he was elected with 59.95% of the votes against Martine Boutin.<ref>{{cite web|author=Coralie Roland|url=http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/charente/angouleme/angouleme-decouvrez-qui-representera-1ere-circonscription-charente-assemblee-1276961.html|title=Angoulême : Thomas Mesnier est élu député de la première circonscription de Charente |language=fr|publisher=francebleu.fr |date= 18 June 2017|accessdate=4 November 2017}}</ref>
In the National Assembly, Mesnier served on the Committee on Social Affairs. In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on social security from 2019 to 2022.<ref>Laure Equy and Lilian Alemagna (23 October 2018), [https://www.liberation.fr/france/2018/10/23/sur-la-csg-la-vraie-fausse-fronde-des-deputes-lrem_1687351 Sur la CSG, la vraie-fausse fronde des députés LREM] ''Libération''.</ref><ref>Erwan Bruckert (29 June 2022), [https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/postes-cles-a-l-assemblee-bayrou-montre-qu-il-sait-faire-la-guerre-aux-macronistes_2176124.html Postes-clés à l'Assemblée : Bayrou montre qu'il sait faire la guerre aux macronistes] ''L'Express''.</ref>
In addition to his committee assignments, Mesnier was also a Vice-President of the French-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/instances/fiche/OMC_PO733577|title=GComposition du groupe d'amitié France-Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord |accessdate=4 November 2017 |work=National Assembly |language=French}}</ref>
Also from November 2017, Mesnier was part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.<ref>[https://en-marche.fr/articles/actualites/le-conseil-de-la-republique-en-marche Le Conseil de La République En Marche !] La République En Marche!, press release of 16 October 2017.</ref>
Mesnier was re-elected in the 2022 election. On 2 December 2022, his election was annulled by the Constitutional Council.<ref>{{cite news|language=fr|title=Charente : l'élection du député Thomas Mesnier annulée|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/elections/legislatives/charente-l-election-du-depute-thomas-mesnier-annulee-13220694.php|website=Sud Ouest|date=2 December 2022}}</ref> He was defeated by René Pilato of La France Insoumise in the by-election.
==See also== * 2017 French legislative election * 2022 French legislative election
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mesnier, Thomas}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:People from Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Category:Renaissance (French political party) politicians Category:Horizons (political party) politicians Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Category:Members of Parliament for Charente Category:University of Poitiers alumni