Member of the National Assembly, 2007–2012 In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in
2007, Pinel was elected in the 2nd constituency of
Tarn-et-Garonne (
Castelsarrasin). In the second round (run-off) election to the National Assembly in 2012, she was re-elected in the same constituency by 30,445 votes (54.31%) to 20,417 (40.14%) for her opponent, Dulac; there were 50,862 valid votes cast out of 89,289 electors. In parliament, Pinel served on the
Committee on Legal Affairs (2007-2012) and the
Defence Committee (2016-2017).
Career in government On 16 May 2012, Pinel was appointed Junior Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the French
Ministry of Productive Recovery by President
François Hollande; shortly after, on 18 June 2012, she became Minister for Crafts, Trade, and Tourism at the French
Ministry of Productive Recovery. On 2 April 2014, Pinel was appointed
Minister of Territorial Equality and Housing in the
government of
Prime Minister Manuel Valls. During her time in office, France announced measures in 2015 to boost its housing market, providing €2 billion ($2.15 billion) in tax relief to banks offering new zero-interest mortgages. In the
Socialist Party's
primaries, Pinel ran to become the party's candidate in the
2017 French presidential election; she was the only female candidate. She eventually lost against
Benoît Hamon.
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022 In the second round (run-off) of the
2017 French legislative election, Pinel was re-elected in the same constituency by 21,398 votes (55.40%) to 17,230 (44.60%) for her
National Front opponent,
Romain Lopez; there were 38,628 valid votes cast out of 93,329 electors. In parliament, Pinel served on the
Commission on Economic Affairs from 2019 to 2022. She was also a member of the
Finance Committee (2017-2020). Following the formation of the
Liberties and Territories (LT) parliamentary group in 2018, Pinel became its deputy chairwoman, under the leadership of co-chairs
Bertrand Pancher and
Philippe Vigier. When Vigier left the group in 2020, she succeeded him as co-chair. Pinel
lost her seat in the first round in the
2022 French legislative election. It was won by
National Rally candidate
Marine Hamelet in the second round. ==References==