Olivier Becht
Olivier Becht is a French politician of Renaissance who served as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad in the Borne government from 2022 to 2024. He has served as a member of the National Assembly for Haut-Rhin's 5th constituency since 2024, having previously held the seat from 2017 to 2022. From 2008 to 2017, he served as the mayor of Rixheim.
Political career
In parliament, Becht served as member of the Defence 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 was also a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Germany, Japan and Romania.In addition to his committee assignments, Becht was a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2017 to 2022. In this capacity, he served 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 2020, he was the Assembly's rapporteur on the regulation of neurotechnology, including brain–computer interfaces.