Laurent Saint-Martin


Laurent Saint-Martin is a French politician of La République En Marche! who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Val-de-Marne.

Political career

From 2009 until 2012, Saint-Martin was a member of the Socialist Party. However, he was not actively involved in politics before he joined LREM.
In parliament, Saint-Martin serves as member of the Finance Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Peruvian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In late 2018, Saint-Martin was offered to join the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe but declined the post as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Economy and Finance under the leadership of Bruno Le Maire. In June 2019, Philippe entrusted him with a mission to reform the national system for the identification, seizure and confiscation of criminal assets. Since 2020, Saint-Martin has been serving as the parliament's lead rapporteur on the annual budget of France; he succeeded Joël Giraud.
Within his party, Saint-Martin has been a member of the LREM executive board since 2019. In that capacity, he shares responsibility with Guillaume Chiche for the party's policy planning.

Political positions

In 2018, Saint-Martin was one of Stanislas Guerini's first supporters when the latter ran for the post of LREM chairman.