Irène Tolleret


Irène Tolleret is a French politician of La République En Marche!  who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.

Early life and education

Tolleret is a winegrower at the Pic Saint-Loup in a private domain which she owns.

Political career

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, Irène Tolleret is the substitute of Marie-Christine Bousquet, mayor of Lodève. Following the death of Marie-Christine Bousquet, Irène Tolleret, replaces her in Departmental council of Hérault.
During the 2019 European Parliament election, Tolleret was in ninth place on the La République En Marche!'s list of candidates. 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 LGBT Rights and the MEPs Against Cancer group.