François-Xavier Bellamy
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François-Xavier Bellamy | |
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Executive Vice president of The Republicans | |
Assumed office 18 February 2023 | |
President | Éric Ciotti |
Preceded by | Aurélien Pradié |
Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Parliamentary group | EPP |
Constituency | France |
Member of the Municipal council of Versailles | |
In office 21 March 2008 – 28 June 2020 | |
Mayor | François de Mazières |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 11 October 1985
Political party | The Republicans (since 2019) |
Education | Lycée Henri-IV |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure Paris-Sorbonne University University of Cambridge |
François-Xavier Bellamy (French pronunciation:
Early life and education
François-Xavier Bellamy was born in 1985 in Paris.[1][2]
Bellamy was educated at the École Sainte-Marie des Bourdonnais, a private school in Versailles.[3] After two-years preparatory classes (A/L) in the Lycée Henri-IV, he got into the École normale supérieure, from which he graduated in 2005.[2] He earned the agrégation in philosophy in 2008.[2]
Early career
Bellamy taught philosophy at the Lycée Sainte-Geneviève and the Lycée Notre-Dame de Grandchamp in Versailles in 2008.[2] In 2009, he taught at the Lycée Auguste Renoir in Asnières-sur-Seine, the Lycée Louis Bascan in Rambouillet and the Lycée hôtelier in Guyancourt.[2] Since 2011, he has been teaching philosophy and art history for the preparatory classes at the Lycée Blomet in Paris.[2]
Bellamy is the author of four books. He won the Prix d'Aumale from the Académie Française in 2014 for his first book, Les déshérités ou l'urgence de transmettre.[4] In this essay, he analyses the failure of French educational system as the result of an ideology that refuses the transmission of culture, thus creating disinherited.
Political career
Career in local politics
Bellamy has been
Member of the European Parliament, 2018–present
Since May 2019, Bellamy has been a Member of the European Parliament for the EPP. In parliament, he is a member of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH) and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
In addition to his committee assignments, Bellamy is part of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.[6]
Ahead of the Republicans' 2022 convention, Bellamy endorsed Bruno Retailleau as the party's chairman.[7]
Political positions
In a joint letter initiated by Norbert Röttgen and Anthony Gonzalez ahead of the 47th G7 summit in 2021, Bellamy joined some 70 legislators from Europe and the US in calling upon their leaders to take a tough stance on China and to "avoid becoming dependent" on the country for technology including artificial intelligence and 5G.[8]
Works
- Bellamy, Francois-Xavier (2018). Demeurer. Paris: Grasset. ISBN 978-2246815587.
- Bellamy, François-Xavier (2014). Les déshérités ou l'urgence de transmettre. Paris: Plon. OCLC 898168580.
- Bellamy, François-Xavier (2016). A la jeunesse : De Saint-Exupéry à Steve Jobs, de grandes voix appellent à vivre intensément. Paris: Librio. ISBN 9782290120613.
- Bellamy, Francois-Xavier (2016). Éduquer avec Rousseau : conférence à destination des parlementaires prononcée le 20 mai 2015. Paris: SOS Éducation. OCLC 958253810.
References
- ^ "François-Xavier Bellamy". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g "BELLAMY François-Xavier". Académie des Sciences Morales, des Lettres et des Arts de Versailles. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "Conférence". Ecole Sainte-Marie des Bourdonnais. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ "L'élu de Versailles primé pour son livre " Les Déshérités "". Le Parisien. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017 (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ Members, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China.
- ^ Eric Ciotti élu président du parti Les Républicains, Le Monde (in French), 11 December 2022.
- ^ Stuart Lau (25 January 2021), G7 lawmakers tell leaders to ‘stand up’ to China, Politico Europe.