Naïma Moutchou

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Naïma Moutchou
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-d'Oise's 4th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byGérard Sebaoun (PS)
Personal details
Born (1980-11-04) 4 November 1980 (age 43)
Ermont, France
Political partyRenaissance (2016–present)
Horizons (2021–present)
Alma materCergy-Pontoise University

Naïma Moutchou (born 4 November 1980) is a French lawyer and politician of

La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.[1]

Early life and education

Moutchou was born to Moroccan parents who arrived in France in 1961.[2]

From 2010, Moutchou practiced business and media law for nearly ten years. At the same time, she volunteered as a lawyer with

International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA).[3]

Political career

Since entering parliament, Moutchou has been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs, where she was her parliamentary group's coordinator from 2017 until 2019.[4][5] In this capacity, she was the parliament's rapporteur on legislation combating fake news in November 2018.[6]

In addition to her committee assignments, Moutchou is a member of the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Serbian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[7] From 2018 until 2021, she was also one of six Assembly members who serve as judges of the Cour de Justice de la République.[8][9]

After

LREM parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre;[10] she was replaced by Marie Lebec
in September 2019.

In addition to LREM, Moutchou joined the Horizons party in 2021.[11][12]

Since 2022, Moutchou has been serving as a vice-president of the National Assembly, under the leadership of president Yaël Braun-Pivet.[13][14]

Political positions

In July 2019, Moutchou voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[15]

When leading LREM member Stanislas Guerini withdrew support in 2021 for one of the party’s own candidates, Sarah Zemmahi, after she wore a hijab in a campaign poster, Moutchou criticized him for “discrimination.”[16]

Other activities

  • National Institute for Advanced Studies in Security and Justice (INHESJ), Member of the Board of Directors (2017–2020)[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ Caroline Vigoureux and Jean-Jérôme Bertolus (13 September 2017), House of Cards: Les whips, ces députés LREM de l’ombre au rôle stratégique L'Opinion.
  5. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ Naïma Moutchou French National Assembly.
  8. ^ Laetitia Saint-Paul French National Assembly.
  9. ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (28 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022: Édouard Philippe peaufine l’organisation de son parti Le Figaro’'.
  10. ^ Naïma Moutchou désignée comme n°2 du groupe des députés LREM Le Figaro, 30 April 2019.
  11. ^ Caroline Vigoureux (7 October 2021), L’émergence d’un courant Philippe électrise la majorité L'Opinion.
  12. ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (28 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022: Édouard Philippe peaufine l’organisation de son parti Le Figaro’'.
  13. ^ Sébastien Schneegans (29 July 2022), Naïma Moutchou, l’ambassadrice d’Édouard Philippe Le Point.
  14. ^ Loris Boichot (15 September 2022), Naïma Moutchou, une philippiste aux avant-postes de l’Assemblée nationale Le Figaro.
  15. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  16. ^ Cady Lang (19 May 2021), Who Gets to Wear a Headscarf? The Complicated History Behind France's Latest Hijab Controversy Le Figaro.
  17. ^ Naïma Moutchou French National Assembly.