Laurent Panifous
MinistreMinister Delegate to the Prime Minister, in charge of Relations with Parliament
Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires (LIOT); ex-Parti socialiste (until 2022) · France
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Laurent Panifous, born 21 December 1976 in Foix (Ariège), is a French politician serving as Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister, in charge of Relations with Parliament, in the government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. He was first appointed to this post on 12 October 2025 (in the second Lecornu government) and retained it in the government reshuffle confirmed by decree of 26 February 2026. A trained director of health and social-care establishments (he ran EHPAD retirement homes in Ariège from 2000 to 2022), he holds a Master 2 in health law from the University of Toulouse. Locally he was mayor of Le Fossat from 2014 to 2022 and president of the communauté de communes Arize-Lèze from 2017 to 2022. A Socialist Party dissident who refused the 2022 NUPES alliance with La France Insoumise, he was elected deputy for Ariège's 2nd constituency in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. In February 2025 he was elected president of the LIOT group (Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires) at the National Assembly. As a deputy he was notably co-rapporteur of the bill on the right to assisted dying (aide à mourir). His entry into a government he described as not sharing 'the ideas of Macronism' drew criticism from parts of the left.
Historique électoral
2024 French legislative election
Member of the National Assembly, Ariège 2nd constituency2024-07-07
Re-elected (won)
57.07% (second round)
face à Michèle Alozy (Rassemblement National), 42.93%
Dissident socialist candidate. First round (30 June 2024): 48.25% vs 40.41% for Alozy. Won the run-off with 57.07% on 7 July 2024; second-round turnout 70.27%.
2022 French legislative election
Member of the National Assembly, Ariège 2nd constituency2022-06-19
Elected (won)
face à Michel Larive (NUPES / La France Insoumise, outgoing deputy)
Socialist Party dissident; suspended from the PS for refusing the NUPES alliance. Between the two rounds he benefited from the presidential majority's call to vote for him against the NUPES candidate Michel Larive. He pledged a 'responsible opposition' to President Macron.
Municipal election, Le Fossat
Mayor of Le Fossat2014-03-30
Elected mayor
Became mayor of Le Fossat on 30 March 2014, succeeding Bernard Campmas. Served until July 2022.
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Parcours professionnel
Minister-Delegate to the Prime Minister, in charge of Relations with Parliament
12 oct. 2025Government of France (Lecornu)
Appointed Minister-Delegate for Relations with Parliament in the second Lecornu government on 12 October 2025; retained in the post in the reshuffle confirmed by decree of 26 February 2026. Acts as liaison between the government and Parliament.
President of the LIOT group at the National Assembly
28 févr. 2025 – nov. 2025National Assembly (Groupe Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires)
Elected president of the LIOT parliamentary group in February 2025, succeeding Stéphane Lenormand. Stepped down on entering government in autumn 2025.
Administrator (board member)
janv. 2023 – juin 2024Institut national du cancer (INCa)
Served as an administrator (board member) of the Institut national du cancer; unremunerated (0 euros declared).
Source :hatvp.frMember of the National Assembly for Ariège's 2nd constituency
22 juin 2022 – 12 nov. 2025National Assembly of France
Deputy for the 2nd constituency of Ariège, elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. His seat was suspended on 12 November 2025 (one month after his ministerial appointment), passed to his substitute.
President of the communauté de communes Arize-Lèze
janv. 2017 – juil. 2022Communauté de communes Arize-Lèze (Ariège)
President of the communauté de communes Arize-Lèze from 2017 to 2022.
Mayor of Le Fossat
30 mars 2014 – 28 juil. 2022Commune of Le Fossat (Ariège)
Mayor of Le Fossat from 2014 to 2022, succeeding Bernard Campmas. Resigned as mayor on becoming a deputy (cumul des mandats rules). Remained a municipal councillor afterwards (unremunerated).
Director of health and social-care establishments (EHPAD)
2000 – juil. 2022EHPAD des Portes d'Ariège and other Ariège retirement homes
Director of medico-social establishments (EHPAD retirement homes) in Ariège from 2000 to 2022. HATVP records the EHPAD des Portes d'Ariège as employer 08/2020-07/2022, with declared net pay of 22,134 euros (2020), 55,074 euros (2021) and 34,060 euros (2022).
Formation
University of Toulouse
Master 2 (Master's degree) · Health law (droit de la santé)
Holds a Master 2 in health law from the University of Toulouse, the qualification underpinning his career as a director of medico-social establishments.
Source :politique.pappers.fr
Principaux textes législatifs
Proposition de loi relative à l'aide à mourir (right to assisted dying)
End-of-life / health / bioethics2025
As a deputy, Panifous was a rapporteur (notably for articles 5 and 6) of the bill establishing a right to assisted dying, examined in the National Assembly in first reading in spring 2025. He co-signed the committee report with Stéphane Delautrette and Élise Leboucher (Social Affairs Committee, May 2025).
Portée : One of the most consequential bioethics texts of the legislature. Panifous described it as 'a text I believe is measured'. The Assembly adopted the bill, but the Senate rejected the assisted-dying component and a joint committee (CMP) failed, sending it back to the Assembly. As Minister for Relations with Parliament he later steered its return to the Assembly in 2026.