Souad Zitouni | |
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Member of the
National Assembly for Vaucluse's 1st constituency | |
In office 30 March 2020 – 21 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jean-François Cesarini |
Succeeded by | Joris Hébrard |
Personal details | |
Born | Boukadir, Algeria | 23 April 1974
Nationality | French |
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Souad Zitouni ( Arabic: سعاد زيتوني; born 23 April 1974 in Boukadir) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022, [1] representing the Vaucluse's 1st constituency.
Zitouni was born in 1974 in Algeria, she was four years old when her family moved to France, to Marseille. [2]
Zitouni studied at Aix-Marseille University, [3] where she obtained a master's degree in public law [2] and a specialized graduate diploma in local government management. [3] She continued her training in law school. [2] She practiced law from 2004 at the Avignon Carpentras bars. [4]
Zitouni began her political activism with Ecology Generation, [3] before joining the Democratic Movement. [2] In 2008, she was a candidate for her party in the 2008 municipal elections at Pontet, on the Ambition Le Pontet list led by Michel Bouyol: in sixth position, she was not elected. [5]
Ten years later, Zitouni joined La République En Marche! [3] and campaigned for Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election of 2017. She was a candidate in the legislative elections in Vaucluse's 1st constituency, as substitute candidate for Jean-François Cesarini. [3] They were elected, with 58% in the second round against a candidate from the National Front. [6] Cesarini died on March 29, 2020, and Zitouni automatically succeeded him the next day. [7]
In parliament, Zitouni joined the LREM group. [8] She served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning. [9]
In 2020, Zitouni joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili. [10]
Zitouni lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election. [11]
In 2020, Zitouni went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces. [12] [13]
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Souad Zitouni | |
---|---|
Member of the
National Assembly for Vaucluse's 1st constituency | |
In office 30 March 2020 – 21 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Jean-François Cesarini |
Succeeded by | Joris Hébrard |
Personal details | |
Born | Boukadir, Algeria | 23 April 1974
Nationality | French |
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University |
Profession | Lawyer |
Souad Zitouni ( Arabic: سعاد زيتوني; born 23 April 1974 in Boukadir) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022, [1] representing the Vaucluse's 1st constituency.
Zitouni was born in 1974 in Algeria, she was four years old when her family moved to France, to Marseille. [2]
Zitouni studied at Aix-Marseille University, [3] where she obtained a master's degree in public law [2] and a specialized graduate diploma in local government management. [3] She continued her training in law school. [2] She practiced law from 2004 at the Avignon Carpentras bars. [4]
Zitouni began her political activism with Ecology Generation, [3] before joining the Democratic Movement. [2] In 2008, she was a candidate for her party in the 2008 municipal elections at Pontet, on the Ambition Le Pontet list led by Michel Bouyol: in sixth position, she was not elected. [5]
Ten years later, Zitouni joined La République En Marche! [3] and campaigned for Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election of 2017. She was a candidate in the legislative elections in Vaucluse's 1st constituency, as substitute candidate for Jean-François Cesarini. [3] They were elected, with 58% in the second round against a candidate from the National Front. [6] Cesarini died on March 29, 2020, and Zitouni automatically succeeded him the next day. [7]
In parliament, Zitouni joined the LREM group. [8] She served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning. [9]
In 2020, Zitouni joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili. [10]
Zitouni lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election. [11]
In 2020, Zitouni went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces. [12] [13]
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