Office: | Member of the European Parliament for France |
Term Start: | 2 July 2019[1] [2] |
Term End: | 15 July 2024 |
Office2: | Mayor of Fontanès |
Term Start2: | March 2014 |
Term End2: | 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Gilbert Gravegeal |
Successor2: | Geneviève Castanié |
Office3: | Member of the Hérault's Departmental council for Canton of Lodève |
Term Start3: | 2017 |
Term End3: | 2019 |
Birth Date: | 17 August 1967 |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | Miscellaneous left |
Profession: | Winemaker |
Irène Tolleret (born 17 August 1967) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]
Tolleret is a winegrower at the Pic Saint-Loup in a private domain which she owns.[4]
After the municipal elections of 2014, Tolleret was elected Mayor of Fontanès, in the Hérault. Representative of her commune in the community council of the community of communes of Grand Pic Saint-Loup, she is vice-president in charge of relations and European affairs.
In 2015, after the departmental elections, Tolleret became the substitute of Marie-Christine Bousquet, mayor of Lodève. Following Bousquet's death, Tolleret replaced her in the departmental council of Hérault.[5]
During the 2019 European Parliament election, Tolleret was in ninth place on the La République En Marche!'s list of candidates.[6] She has since been serving on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
In addition to her committee assignments, Tolleret is part of the Parliament's delegation with Japan, the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights,[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Developmentm,[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[9] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[10]
In December 2020, Tolleret received the Food Safety award at The Parliament Magazines annual MEP Awards.[11]