Olivier Becht
Olivier Becht is a French politician of the Agir party who is a member of the National Assembly of France, representing the Haut-Rhin department. He was previously the mayor of the Rixheim commune.In parliament, Becht serves as member of the Defense Committee. In this capacity, he co-authored a parliamentary report on space defence in 2019, calling on the Ministry of the Armies to upgrade its capabilities given the proliferation of competitors and potential enemies. He is also a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Germany, Japan and Romania.
In addition to his committee assignments, Becht has been a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017. In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights; the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media; and the Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society.In late 2019, Becht was one of 17 members of the committee who co-signed a letter to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in which they warned that the 365 million euro sale of aerospace firm Groupe Latécoère to U.S. fund Searchlight Capital raised “questions about the preservation of know-how and France’s defense industry base” and urged government intervention.
