Jean-Michel Jacques

French politician (born 1968)

Jean-Michel Jacques
Jacques in Hennebont, 2022

Member of the National Assembly for Morbihan's 6th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2017
Preceded by	Philippe Noguès
Mayor of Brandérion
In office 28 March 2014 – 10 July 2017
Preceded by	Hubert de Lageneste
Succeeded by	Jean-Yves Carrio

Personal details
Born	(1968-02-29) 29 February 1968 (age 56) Metz, France
Political party	Renaissance
Occupation	Military nurse

Jean-Michel Jacques (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ miʃɛl ʒak]; born 29 February 1968) is a French politician who has represented the 6th constituency of the Morbihan department in the National Assembly as a member of Renaissance (RE, formerly La République En Marche!) since 2017.^[1] He is a former military nurse with French Navy special forces, under the Special Operations Command.

Early life and career

Born in 1968 in Metz, Jacques grew up in Hagondange, a small town nearby, in Moselle. In 1988, at 18 years-old, he joined the French Navy; he specialised in military nursing, later passing selection for the Commandos Marine, the Special Operation Forces of the Navy.^[2] Jacques served for a total of 23 years with the Navy, also being a volunteer firefighter in Morbihan.

Following his retirement from the Navy, he kept working as a nurse. From 2014 to 2017, he held the mayorship of Brandérion, a small town northeast of Lorient, as a political independent.

In the 2017 legislative election, Jacques was elected to the National Assembly as a member of La République En Marche! in the 6th constituency of Morbihan. He was reelected in 2022 and 2024.

As a parliamentarian Jacques took office as deputy-president of the National Assembly Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces, a member of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly,^[3] as well as presided over the "Major crisis and risks management" study group.^[4]

On 20 July 2024, he was elected president of the Committee on National Defence and the Armed Forces, succeeding Thomas Gassilloud.

References

^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ "Retrouvez mon portrait dans le Mensuel du Morbihan - Député Jean-Michel Jacques". Député Jean-Michel Jacques (in French). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Nationale, Assemblée. "M. Jean-Michel Jacques - Morbihan (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
^ Nationale, Assemblée. "Composition du groupe d'études : crises et risques majeurs au 9 octobre 2018 - 15ème législature - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 October 2018.