Bénédicte Pételle (; née Billaudel, 4 June 1971) is a French school teacher and former politician. She represented the 2nd constituency of Hauts-de-Seine in the National Assembly from 2019 to 2022. She was elected as Adrien Taquet's substitute in the 2017 legislative election, and succeeded him upon his appointment to the second Philippe government.
Political career In the 2017 legislative election, Pételle was the substitute candidate for Adrien Taquet of En Marche. She entered Parliament when he was made Secretary of State for Child Protection in Prime Minister Édouard Philippe's second government. She sat in the La République En Marche group in the National Assembly and was affiliated with En Commun from 2020 onwards.. During her term as a deputy, she focused on child protection.
She did not seek election to a full term in the 2022 legislative election, after La République En Marche! declined to endorse her.
Personal life Pételle is a devout Catholic and mother to five children. Her father died in the COVID-19 pandemic in France. As part of the Jesuit Refugee Service she regularly welcomes migrants into her home.
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