Early career Véran was first elected to the National Assembly for
Isère as
Geneviève Fioraso's
substitute in the
2012 legislative election, as a member of the
Socialist Party. During his time as a
deputy, he was mandated by
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault with a government inquiry into the regulatory framework for
blood products. Véran unsuccessfully competed in the
2015 departmental election in the
canton of Meylan for a seat in the Departmental Council of Isère. Shortly thereafter, Véran left the National Assembly, as Fioraso returned from service in government. In the
2015 regional election later that year, he was elected to the
Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. In 2016,
Minister of Health Marisol Touraine appointed him to steer a committee in charge of drafting reform proposals for France's
hospital financing. Ahead of the
2017 presidential election, Véran endorsed
Emmanuel Macron and joined
En Marche! (later La République En Marche!). He was reelected to the National Assembly on 18 June 2017. In Parliament, he served as a member of the
Committee on Social Affairs, where he was the
rapporteur on
social security and the government's pension reform plans.
Minister of Health, 2020–2022 Véran first became Minister for Solidarity and Health in the
government of
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe from 16 February 2020. In October 2020, he was one of several current and former government officials whose home was searched by French authorities following complaints about the government's handling of the
COVID-19 pandemic in France. During his time in office, Véran implemented the government's decision to make access to birth control free for women aged up to 25 years old from 2022 onwards.
Legislative elections of 2024 In the
2024 French legislative election, he arrived second at the issue of the first round, leading to a "triangular" second round. On 1 July 2024, he had not yet indicated whether he would quit the race before the second round, as requested by Emmanuel Macron. ==Personal life==