12 Facts About Barbara Pompili

Barbara Pompili served as Secretary of State for Biodiversity from 2016 to 2017.

Barbara Pompili served on the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs.

In 2016, Barbara Pompili was appointed Secretary of State for Biodiversity in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls, under the Minister of Ecology, Segolene Royal.

Barbara Pompili was reappointed when the government of Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve took office.

Barbara Pompili was an early supporter of Emmanuel Macron and the first minister in Hollande's government to openly support Macron's candidacy in the 2017 presidential election.

Barbara Pompili was reelected in the 2017 legislative election and subsequently served as chairwoman of the Sustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee from 2017 until 2020.

In September 2018, after Francois de Rugy's appointment to the government, Barbara Pompili ran for the presidency of the National Assembly.

Barbara Pompili co-founded a new political party; En Commun in 2020.

In October 2023, Barbara Pompili was appointed to the General Secretariat for Ecological Planning, serving as President Macron's Special Envoy for the 2024 One Water Summit.

In July 2019, Barbara Pompili decided not to align with her parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada.

Barbara Pompili defended amendments on the transparency and labeling of genetically modified organisms used in food products in defiance of the government's advice, as well as opposed delays in the country's strategy to reduce pesticides use and the phase-out of glyphosate.

In September 2020, Barbara Pompili publicly endorsed Aurore Berge for the position of the LREM parliamentary group's chair; the position instead went to Christophe Castaner.