Bénédicte Taurine
Bénédicte Taurine | |
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Member of the French National Assembly for Ariège's 1st constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Frédérique Massat |
Personal details | |
Born | Lavelanet, France | 18 June 1976
Political party | PCF FI |
Education | Paul Sabatier University |
Occupation | Teacher |
Bénédicte Taurine (born 18 June 1976) is a French politician representing la France Insoumise. She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Ariège.[1]
Biography[]
Early life[]
Taurine is a teacher in Life and Earth Sciences at a Secondary School, she also carries out union duties at the National Union of Secondary Education.[2]
Political career[]
In 2015, she was a candidate for regional elections in Occitanie on the list "New world in common", grouping several parties of radical left, but was not elected.
Member of the National Assembly[]
She was elected member of the first constituency of Ariège on 18 June 2017 with 50.28% of the votes in the second round under the political banner of La France Insoumise.
In the National Assembly, She sits on the Economic Affairs Committee, and she is a member of Delegation for Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women.[3] She is president of the France-Andorra Friendship Group.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Brice Vidal. "Bénédicte Taurine et Michel Larive élus pour la France Insoumise" (in French). 100% Radio. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Délégation aux droits des femmes et à l'égalité des chances entre les hommes et les femmes". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Composition du groupe d'amitié France-Andorre". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- La France Insoumise politicians
- Women members of the National Assembly (France)
- 21st-century French women politicians