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de la Liberté and serves as deputy for Eure-et-Loir's first constituency.", "node": "society.politics.institutions.politicians_and_officeholders.western-european-politicians.politicians-since-1945.legislators-and-party-leaders.alpha-d-to-l", "markdown": "# Guillaume Kasbarian\n\nGuillaume Kasbarian (born 1987) is a French politician, founder and leader of the Parti de la Liberté (Liberty Party), while remaining a member of [Renaissance](https://www.edgepedia.org/renaissance-french-political-party).[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) He was reelected as deputy for Eure-et-Loir's first constituency in the French National Assembly on July 7, 2024, sitting with the Ensemble pour la République group.[2](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA719372) He previously served as Minister of Housing and as Minister of the Civil Service and Simplification, and chaired the National Assembly's economic affairs committee.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/)\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Party | Parti de la Liberté (while remaining a member of Renaissance)[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) |\n| Current office | Leader of Parti de la Liberté[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) |\n| Current office | Deputy for Eure-et-Loir's first constituency (since 2017; current mandate from July 7, 2024); Leader of Parti de la Liberté[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) |\n| Previous offices | President of the National Assembly's economic affairs committee; Minister of Housing; Minister of the Civil Service and Simplification[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) |\n| Born | 1987, Marseille[2](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA719372) |\n\n## Party affiliation\n\nKasbarian was elected in 2017 as a deputy for [Eure-et-Loir](https://www.edgepedia.org/eure-et-loir) and has sat in the National Assembly with the Ensemble pour la République group since July 7, 2024; his party for financing purposes is listed as Ensemble! (presidential majority).[2](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA719372) He remains a member of Renaissance.[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) He founded the Parti de la Liberté, whose stated aim, according to its website, is \"un parti pour rendre aux Français leur liberté\" (Edgepedia translation: \"a party to give the French back their freedom\").[4](https://partidelaliberte.fr/a-propos-du-parti/)\n\n## Early life and education\n\nKasbarian was born in [Marseille](https://www.edgepedia.org/marseille) in 1987.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) Before entering politics, he worked as a strategy consultant.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) On his party's website he writes, \"Avant la politique, j'ai travaillé dans le secteur privé : je sais ce que signifie produire, investir et subir la lourdeur administrative et fiscale\" (Edgepedia translation: \"Before politics, I worked in the private sector: I know what it means to produce, to invest, and to endure administrative and tax burdens\").[4](https://partidelaliberte.fr/a-propos-du-parti/)\n\n## Career\n\nKasbarian was elected deputy for Eure-et-Loir in 2017 and was reelected in 2022 and 2024.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) He chaired the National Assembly's economic affairs committee before entering the government.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) He then served as Minister of Housing and afterward as Minister of the Civil Service and Simplification.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) He was reelected to the National Assembly for Eure-et-Loir's first constituency on July 7, 2024, and is a member of the Ensemble pour la République group.[2](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA719372) He founded the Parti de la Liberté, of which he is the leader.[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) On the party's website he writes, \"C'est pourquoi j'ai décidé de créer le Parti de la Liberté\" (Edgepedia translation: \"That is why I decided to create the Parti de la Liberté\").[4](https://partidelaliberte.fr/a-propos-du-parti/)\n\n## Electoral history\n\nKasbarian was first elected deputy for Eure-et-Loir in 2017.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) He was reelected in 2022 and again in 2024.[3](https://partidelaliberte.fr/) His current mandate in the National Assembly began on July 7, 2024, for Eure-et-Loir's first constituency.[2](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA719372)\n\n## Issues specific to Kasbarian\n\nKasbarian is known for presenting himself as a liberal. On the program La politique et moi, it was noted that [Elon Musk](https://www.edgepedia.org/elon-musk), Javier Milei, and [Margaret Thatcher](https://www.edgepedia.org/margaret-thatcher) are part of his pantheon, and that he describes himself as a \"libéral intégral\" (Edgepedia translation: \"complete liberal\").[5](https://lcp.fr/programmes/la-politique-et-moi/guillaume-kasbarian-depute-epr-d-eure-et-loir-434618) In April 2026, on Sud Radio, he criticized the government's decision not to legislate on working on May 1, saying, \"Je trouve ça lamentable. On a une loi aujourd'hui dans notre pays qui empêche des gens qui veulent bosser librement le 1er mai de le faire dans certaines professions\" (Edgepedia translation: \"I find it lamentable. Today our country has a law that prevents people who want to work freely on May 1 from doing so in certain professions\").[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) In the same interview he encouraged the presidents of the two parliamentary chambers to convene a joint committee on the text.[1](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles) On his party's website he presents his party as neither statist nor conservative, writing that it \"s'inscrit dans la grande tradition libérale française, européenne et internationale\" (Edgepedia translation: \"belongs to the great French, European, and international liberal tradition\").[4](https://partidelaliberte.fr/a-propos-du-parti/)\n\n## Positions and voting record\n\n### Civil service and state reform\n\nKasbarian has made reform of the state a central theme. In an April 2026 interview with Contribuables Associés, he argued that the civil service status should be refocused on core state missions.[6](https://contribuablesassocies.org/2026/04/20/guillaume-kasbarian-le-statut-de-fonctionnaire-doit-etre-recentre-sur-les-missions-regaliennes/) In the same interview he said, \"Je trouve que l'administration a beaucoup de pouvoir ce qui ralentit l'action politique\" (Edgepedia translation: \"I think the administration has a great deal of power, which slows political action\").[6](https://contribuablesassocies.org/2026/04/20/guillaume-kasbarian-le-statut-de-fonctionnaire-doit-etre-recentre-sur-les-missions-regaliennes/) On September 8, 2025, he voted for the statement of general policy of Prime Minister François Bayrou's government in the National Assembly; confidence was refused, 194 to 364 with 15 abstentions, and the government resigned.[7](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/3054)\n\n### Pensions and social protection\n\nOn Sud Radio, Kasbarian called for a reform of social protection so that young people are not left without a pension, and said he disagreed with the non-abandonment of taxes and with excessive public spending.[8](https://www.sudradio.fr/emission/le-petit-dejeuner-politique-sudradio-649) On December 16, 2025, he voted for the social security financing bill for 2026 at final reading, which was adopted 247 to 232 with 90 abstentions.[9](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/4758) The measure adopted the social security financing law for 2026.[9](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/4758)\n\n### Budget and public spending\n\nOn his party's website, Kasbarian writes that he has defended lower public spending, the fight against squatting, administrative simplification, and firmness in applying the law.[4](https://partidelaliberte.fr/a-propos-du-parti/) On November 12, 2024, he did not vote on the first part (revenue) of the 2025 finance bill at first reading in the National Assembly; it failed, 192 to 362 with 19 abstentions.[10](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/438) The vote concerned the revenue part of the government's 2025 budget bill at first reading.[10](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/438) On April 7, 2026, he voted for the bill on combating social and tax fraud at first reading, adopted 363 to 194 with 9 abstentions.[11](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/6023) The bill, adopted at first reading, targets social and tax fraud.[11](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/6023)\n\n### Agriculture\n\nOn February 19, 2025, Kasbarian voted for the agricultural orientation bill on food sovereignty and generational renewal (joint committee text), adopted 369 to 160 with 2 abstentions.[12](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/844) The law adopted concerns food and agricultural sovereignty and the renewal of generations in farming.[12](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/844) On July 8, 2025, he voted for the bill to lift constraints on the farming profession (joint committee text), adopted 316 to 223 with 25 abstentions.[13](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/2957) The law adopted lifts constraints on the exercise of the farming profession.[13](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/2957)\n\n### Energy and climate\n\nOn June 24, 2025, Kasbarian voted against the bill on national energy and climate programming for 2025 to 2035 at first reading; it failed, 142 to 377 with 47 abstentions.[14](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/2653) The bill would have set national energy and climate programming for 2025 to 2035.[14](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/2653)\n\n## Other recorded votes\n\n| Date | Chamber | Measure | Vote | Tally | Result |\n|---|---|---|---|---|---|\n| November 26, 2024 | National Assembly | Government statement on the EU–Mercosur association agreement negotiations[15](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/456) | Did not vote | 485 to 69, 1 abstention | Passed |\n| April 29, 2025 | National Assembly | Bill to take France out of the drug-trafficking trap, joint committee text[16](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/1473) | Yes | 396 to 68, 34 abstentions | Passed |\n| June 23, 2026 | National Assembly | Constitutional bill for an autonomous Corsica within the Republic, first reading[17](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/7454) | Abstained | 271 to 202, 64 abstentions | Passed |\n| July 1, 2026 | National Assembly | Bill updating military programming for 2024 to 2030[18](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/7905) | Yes | 375 to 113, 2 abstentions | Passed |\n| July 15, 2026 | National Assembly | Bill on the right to assisted dying, final reading[19](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/8280) | Yes | 291 to 241, 29 abstentions | Passed |\n\n## References\n\n1. [G. Kasbarian : \"La gauche tient le gouvernement par les couilles\" - Sud Radio](https://www.sudradio.fr/linvite-politique/guillaume-kasbarian-la-gauche-et-les-syndicats-tiennent-le-gouvernement-par-les-couilles)\n2. [Assemblée nationale - fiche de député et scrutins publics](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA719372)\n3. [Parti de la Liberté - site officiel](https://partidelaliberte.fr/)\n4. [Le Parti de la Liberté, c'est quoi ? - Parti de la LIBERTÉ](https://partidelaliberte.fr/a-propos-du-parti/)\n5. [La politique et moi - Guillaume Kasbarian, député EPR d'Eure-et-Loir - LCP](https://lcp.fr/programmes/la-politique-et-moi/guillaume-kasbarian-depute-epr-d-eure-et-loir-434618)\n6. [Guillaume Kasbarian : \"Le statut de fonctionnaire doit être recentré sur les missions régaliennes\" - Contribuables Associés](https://contribuablesassocies.org/2026/04/20/guillaume-kasbarian-le-statut-de-fonctionnaire-doit-etre-recentre-sur-les-missions-regaliennes/)\n7. [Confidence vote on Prime Minister François Bayrou's government (Article 49, paragraph 1) (National Assembly vote, 2025-09-08)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/3054)\n8. [Le petit déjeuner politique Sud Radio avec Guillaume Kasbarian](https://www.sudradio.fr/emission/le-petit-dejeuner-politique-sudradio-649)\n9. [Social security financing bill for 2026, final reading (National Assembly vote, 2025-12-16)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/4758)\n10. [First part (revenue) of the 2025 finance bill, first reading (National Assembly vote, 2024-11-12)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/438)\n11. [Bill on combating social and tax fraud, first reading (National Assembly vote, 2026-04-07)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/6023)\n12. [Agricultural orientation bill on food sovereignty and generational renewal, joint committee text (National Assembly vote, 2025-02-19)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/844)\n13. [Bill to lift constraints on the farming profession, joint committee text (National Assembly vote, 2025-07-08)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/2957)\n14. [Bill on national energy and climate programming for 2025 to 2035, first reading (National Assembly vote, 2025-06-24)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/2653)\n15. [Government statement on the EU–Mercosur association agreement negotiations (National Assembly vote, 2024-11-26)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/456)\n16. [Bill to take France out of the drug-trafficking trap, joint committee text (National Assembly vote, 2025-04-29)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/1473)\n17. [Constitutional bill for an autonomous Corsica within the Republic, first reading (National Assembly vote, 2026-06-23)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/7454)\n18. [Bill updating military programming for 2024 to 2030 (National Assembly vote, 2026-07-01)](https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/scrutins/7905)\n19. 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