Jean-François Eliaou

French politician (born 1956)

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Jean-François Eliaou


Member of the National Assembly for Hérault's 4th constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – June 2022
Preceded by	Frédéric Roig
Succeeded by	Sébastien Rome

Personal details
Born	(1956-08-13) 13 August 1956 (age 67) Nice
Nationality	French
Political party	Renaissance
Alma mater	University of Montpellier

Jean-François Eliaou (born 13 August 1956) is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,^[1] representing the department of Hérault.^[2] He is a member of Renaissance (RE).

Early career

Eliaou is a pediatrician who is a member of the Cancer Research Institute of Montpellier, a professor at the Faculty of Medicine at Montpellier.^[3]

Political career

In parliament, Eliaou served as member of the Committee on Legal Affairs^[4] and the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST).^[5] In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In 2019, Eliaou steered through parliament a bioethics law extending to homosexual and single women free access to fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) under France's national health insurance; it was one of the campaign promises of President Emmanuel Macron and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term.^[6]

In 2021, Eliaou and Antoine Savignat jointly wrote a parliamentary report on the situation of unaccompanied minors in France's criminal law.^[7]

He lost his seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.^[8]

References

^ Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro.
^ http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/herault_34/herault_4ere-circonscription ^{[dead link]}
^ "Jean-François Eliaou, un médecin du CHU de Montpellier élu député de l'Hérault - Le Parisien". www.leparisien.fr. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017.
^ Jean-François Eliaou French National Assembly.
^ Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST) Senate of France.
^ Marion Solletty (July 23, 2019), France warms up to egg-freezing Politico Europe.
^ Paule Gonzalès (March 15, 2021), Mineurs isolés: comment la justice peut s’adapter Le Figaro.
^ "Législatives : le député sortant Jean-François Eliaou est battu dès le premier tour dans la 4e". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 12 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.