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Claire Guion-Firmin: deputy for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (2017–2022)
A profile of Claire Guion-Firmin, born Claire Javois in Saint-Martin, who represented Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin in the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022.
By SXM Daily ·
Claire Guion-Firmin, born Claire Javois, was the deputy for Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin in the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022. According to the Assembly, she was born in Saint-Martin on 6 September 1957, and her profession is deputy general manager of a hotel.
Photo: Antoine Lamielle, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Deputy in the National Assembly
She was elected on 18 June 2017. Her mandate ran from 21 June 2017 to 21 June 2022, the end of the 15th legislature, and she was affiliated with Les Républicains, according to the Assembly.
The Assembly's records show that she sat on the Social Affairs Committee during several periods between 2020 and 2022.
After 2022
Her mandate ended with the 15th legislature in June 2022. Frantz Gumbs has represented the constituency since 2022, according to the National Assembly.
Why she matters
For five years she was one of the two voices, with the island's senator, that carried the concerns of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy to Parliament in Paris.
Sources
- https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA721126
- https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA721126/fonctions?archive=oui
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claire_Javois.jpg
Source: https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA721126
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