Jean François Mbaye
Jean François Mbaye | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Val-de-Marne's 2nd constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Laurent Cathala |
| Succeeded by | Clémence Guetté |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1979 La République En Marche! |
Jean François Mbaye is a French politician of
Political career
In parliament, Mbaye served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[2] In addition to his committee assignments, he chaired the French-Gambian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In early 2019, Mbaye received a racist letter in which the unnamed author promised him “a bullet in the head”; in response, he pressed charges.[3][4]
In 2020, Mbaye joined En Commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[5]
He lost his seat in the 2022 French legislative election.
Political positions
In July 2019, Mbaye was one of nine LREM members who voted against his parliamentary group's majority and opposed the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]
Other activities
- UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Jean François Mbaye French National Assembly.
- ^ Henrique Valadares (12 January 2019), French MPs face unprecedented death threats from 'Yellow Vest' protesters France 24.
- Irish Times.
- L'Obs.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- ^ Members – Western & Central Europe
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