Sébastien Chenu
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Sébastien Chenu | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Nord | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini |
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Born | Beauvais, France | 13 April 1973
Political party | National Front |
Sébastien Chenu is a French politician representing the National Front. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Nord.[1]
Openly gay, Chenu founded GayLib, then the LGBT wing of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), today part of the Union of Democrats and Independents.[2] He joined the FN after the UMP attempted to kill Law 2013-404, which legalized same-sex marriage, claiming that the UMP had become "the French Tea Party".[3]
References
- ^ "Nord - 10e circonscription , resultats élections législatives 2017". Francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ Charles Bremner (13 December 2014). "Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen". Lemonde.fr. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2017.