Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo (born 20 November 1968) is a French pharmacist[1] and politician of the Horizons party who briefly served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne from 2023 to 2024. From the 2017 elections to 2022, she was a member of the National Assembly, representing the Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency.[2]
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo | |
|---|---|
 Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo in 2017 | |
| Minister of Health and Prevention | |
| In office 20 December 2023 – 11 January 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Aurélien Rousseau |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Vautrin |
| Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Profession | |
| In office 4 July 2022 – 20 December 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Élisabeth Borne |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Member of the National Assembly for Seine-Maritime's 7th constituency | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Édouard Philippe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1968 Le Havre, France |
| Political party | Horizons (2021–present) |
| Other political affiliations | RPR (until 2002) UMP (2002–2015) LR (2015–2017) Agir (2017–2022) |
| Alma mater | University of Rouen |
| Profession | Pharmacist |
Political career
editIn November 2017, Firmin-Le Bodo left The Republicans (LR) and joined the new Agir party.[3][4] In 2021, she also joined Horizons, the political party founded by former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, and was appointed its spokeswoman in December 2021.[5] Following Horizons' failed merger with Agir, she left the latter.[6]
In parliament, Firmin-Le Bodo served on the Committee on Social Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-American Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Australian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[7]
Controversy
editDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Firmin-Le Bodo received death threats for her support of vaccine passports.[8]
In late 2023, Firmin-Le Bodo is suspected of having failed to declare over €20,000 worth of undisclosed gifts — including watches, bottles of champagne, smartphones and a television — from Laboratoires Urgo between 2015 and 2020, when she was working as a pharmacist in Normandy, according to an investigation by French website Mediapart.[9][10]
References
edit- ^ Luc Lenoir (3 January 2021), «Des têtes doivent tomber pour leur collaboration» : des députés menacés à l'approche du vote sur le passe vaccinal Le Figaro (in French).
- ^ "Mme Agnès Firmin Le Bodo - Seine-Maritime (7e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "La députée Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo quitte LR". www.paris-normandie.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "" Agir, la droite constructive", un nouveau parti à droite". www.paris-normandie.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Stéphanie Séjourné and Xavier Oriot (10 October 2021), Autour d’Édouard Philippe, des personnalités politiques de tous horizons Ouest-France.
- ^ Hugues Garnier (15 January 2022), Horizons: le parti d'Édouard Philippe suspend sa fusion avec la "maison commune" de la majorité BFM TV.
- ^ Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo National Assembly.
- ^ "Covid-19: French MPs get death threats over support for vaccine pass". BBC News. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Claudia Chiappa (22 December 2023), France's new health minister under investigation for accepting undeclared gifts Politico Europe.
- ^ Maugan Rambour (1 January 2024), Cadeaux offerts par Urgo : la ministre de la Santé Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo nie tout « conflit d’intérêts » Le Journal du Dimanche.