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Georges Fenech

Georges Vincent Antoine Fenech (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) fənɛk]; born 26 October 1954) is a French former magistrate and politician. A member of The Republicans (LR), he represented the 11th constituency of the Rhône department in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2008 and again from 2012 until 2017. He has been a legal affairs consultant for the CNews television channel since 2017.

Born to a Maltese father and Italian mother in Sousse in Tunisia, in 1963 Fenech's family was repatriated in France, where they settled in Givors. After studying for a law degree, he started a career as a judge. One of his most high-profile cases was the investigation on the assassination of the judge François Renaud (nicknamed "le shérif" by Lyon's underworld) in Lyon on 3 July 1975. Fenech was the 6th judge to take over this case, and the one who dropped the case for lack of evidence in 1992. He was also in charge of the first case involving Scientology in France.

He started a political career with his 2002 election as a member of the National Assembly (representing the Rhône as a member of Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

In December 2005, Fenech was a member of the Parliamentary Commission of Enquiry about the Outreau trial (a judicial incident with men and women being held for years in jail on unfounded suspicions), which had been called by President Jacques Chirac in order to help prevent a recurrence of this situation through alterations in France's legal system.

On 28 June 2006, in response to a unanimous resolution of the Law Commission (commission des lois), the French National Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to set up a Parliamentary Commission on Cults in France, about the influence of cultic movements and the consequences of their practices on the physical and mental health of minors. Georges Fenech was appointed President of this commission. The Commission presented its report to the Assembly on 19 December 2006. The report contained 50 recommendations which aimed to protect endangered children.

The same year, he was appointed by Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin a mission to study the ankle monitor to strengthen the fight against recidivism. An ankle monitor is a device that individuals under house arrest or parole are often required to wear.

On his initiative was created in the French National Assembly a Parliamentary study group on the homelessness, of which he became president. He was appointed draftsman of the Act enforceable right to housing.

Fenech was also a member of the Law Commission, judge of the Law court of the Republic (Cour de Justice de la République), Secretary of the Assemblée parlementaire de la francophonie and member of the Parliamentary study group regarding Tibet issues.

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