Laurent Marcangeli

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Laurent Marcangeli
Member of the National Assembly
for Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byJean-Jacques Ferrara
Mayor of Ajaccio
In office
5 April 2014 – 2022
Preceded bySimon Renucci
In office
20 June 2012 – 20 June 2017
Preceded bySimon Renucci
Succeeded byJean-Jacques Ferrara
Personal details
Born (1980-12-10) 10 December 1980 (age 43)
Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Political partyAjaccio ! (2018–present)
Horizons (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Rally for the Republic (1998–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
The Republicans (2015–2018)
Alma materUniversity of Corsica Pasquale Paoli
News video from April 2020 about importation of COVID-19 masks to Corsica. Marcangeli appears and speaks from 1:40

Laurent Marcangeli (born 10 December 1980) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly from 2012 to 2017 and again from 2022, representing Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency.

Earlier in his career, Marcangeli was mayor of

Ensemble Citoyens
coalition.

Early life and education

Marcangeli was born in Ajaccio, Corsica. He is a distant cousin of Marc Marcangeli, who was mayor from 1994 to 2000.[1] His mother was a Corsican nationalist trade unionist for postal workers, and his father worked for the nationalist Edmond Simeoni.[1] In contrast to his parents and his classmates at University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli, he joined the French right-wing party Rally for the Republic at 17.[1] He studied Public Law and History and wrote a master's degree thesis on Charles de Gaulle's relations with Corsica.[1]

Political career

Marcangeli was voted onto Ajaccio's city council in 2007 and the departmental council of Corse-du-Sud in 2011.[1]

In June 2012, Marcangeli became Corsica's youngest member of the National Assembly, winning an election against Ajaccio's Socialist mayor Simon Renucci to represent Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency.[1] In parliament, he served on the Committee on Social Affairs.[2]

Mayor of Ajaccio, 2014–2022

In March 2014, Marcangeli was elected mayor of Ajaccio, beating Renucci by 47% to 46%.[3]

The 2014 election was annulled by a court in October of that year due to irregularities, and Marcangeli resigned.[4] The election was run again in February 2015, and he won by 59.25% to 40.75%.[5]

Marcangeli endorsed former Prime Minister Alain Juppé in the primaries to represent The Republicans in the 2017 French presidential election.[6] In the election itself, he backed François Fillon, but publicly withdrew support in March 2017.[7]

In February 2018, Marcangeli quit The Republicans due to disagreements with party president Laurent Wauquiez. In September, he set up a new party, "Ajaccio !".[8]

Marcangeli took part in the 2021 regional elections as a candidate for president of the Corsican Executive Council. His nomination, Un soffiu novu, was endorsed by the Republicans, the Bonapartist Central Committee and the Union of Democrats and Independents.[9] He received 24.86% of the vote in the first round, behind incumbent Gilles Simeoni of Femu a Corsica (29.19%).[10] In the run-off, he came second of four candidates behind Simeoni (40.64% to 32.02%).[11]

Member of the National Assembly, 2022–present

Marcangeli stood again in Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency in the

Ensemble Citoyens coalition.[12] He came first in the first round with 33.7% of the vote, to face Romain Colonna of Femu a Corsica (17.48%) in the second round.[13] He won the run-off with 51.8% of the votes.[14]

In parliament, Marcangeli has since been serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[15] In addition to his committee assignments, he has been chairing the French-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[16]

Since 2022, Marcangeli has been chairing the Horizons party’s parliamentary group.[17]

Political positions

Marcangeli favours giving the Corsican language official status alongside French and wants special status for the island in the French constitution.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Chemin, Ariane (3 July 2012). "Laurent Marcangeli : le plus jeune député de Corse" [Laurent Marcangeli: Corsica's youngest deputy]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  2. ^ Laurent Marcangeli National Assembly.
  3. ^ "Elections municipales: Laurent Marcangeli élu maire d'Ajaccio" [Local elections: Laurent Marcangeli elected mayor of Ajaccio] (in French). France 3. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Après l'annulation de son élection, le maire d'Ajaccio annonce sa démission" [After the annulment of his election, the mayor of Ajaccio announces his resignation]. Le Monde (in French). 27 October 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  5. ^ Saliceti, Diana (2 February 2015). "Les Ajacciens réélisent leur maire de droite" [The people of Ajaccio re-elect their right-wing mayor]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  6. ^ Waintraub, Judith (24 February 2016). "Laurent Marcangeli : "Pourquoi je soutiens Alain Juppé"" [Laurent Marcangeli: "Why I'm supporting Alain Juppé"]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  7. ^ Pisani, S. (4 March 2017). "Laurent Marcangeli se retire de la campagne de François Fillon" [Laurent Marcangeli quits François Fillon's campaign]. Corse-Matin (in French). Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  8. ^ Castel, Olivier (29 September 2018). ""Ajaccio ! , le Mouvement" lancé par Laurent Marcangeli" ["Ajaccio!, the Movement" launched by Laurent Marcangeli]. France Bleu. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ Bonnefoy, Coralie (8 June 2021). "Élections régionales en Corse : Gilles Simeoni et Laurent Marcangeli, les deux hommes clés" [Regional election in Corsica: Gilles Simeoni and Laurent Marcangeli, the two key men]. La Croix (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ^ Pisani, Sébastien (21 June 2021). "Territoriales : Laurent Marcangeli conserve la même liste pour le second tour" [Territorial election: Laurent Marcangeli keeps the same list for the second round]. Corse Matin (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Territoriales 2021 en Corse : Gilles Simeoni remporte le deuxième tour avec 40,64% des voix" [2021 territorial elections in Corsica: Gilles Simeoni wins the second round with 40.64% of the votes] (in French). France 3. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Législatives 2022 : 5 questions à Laurent Marcangeli, candidat dans la première circonscription de Corse-du-Sud" [2022 legislative elections: 5 questions for Laurent Marcangeli, candidate in Corse-du-Sud's first constituency] (in French). France 3. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  13. ^ Bouschon, A. (12 June 2022). "Législatives 2022 : retrouvez les premières réactions des candidats dans la 1ère circonscription de Corse-du-Sud" [2022 legislative elections: see the first reactions of the candidates in Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency] (in French). France 3. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Législatives 2022 : portrait de Laurent Marcangeli élu député de la 1re circonscription de Corse-du-Sud" [2022 legislative elections: portrait of Laurent Marcangeli, elected deputy of Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency] (in French). France 3. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  15. ^ Laurent Marcangeli National Assembly.
  16. ^ Laurent Marcangeli National Assembly.
  17. ^ Paul Ortoli (30 June 2022), Assemblée nationale : Laurent Marcangeli, l’anti-Simeoni à la tête des députés Horizons Le Monde.
  18. ^ Ingrid Melander and Paul Ortoli (2 February 2018), 'Bonghjornu' not 'Bonjour': Corsican nationalists want to say it their way Reuters.
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