Typhanie Degois
Typhanie Degois | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Savoie | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Dominique Dord |
Personal details | |
Born | Fourmies, France | 6 January 1993
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
Typhanie Degois (born 6 January 1993) is a French politician representing La République En Marche! She was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the first constituency of the department of Savoie.[1]
Biography
Degois was born in northern France and moved to Savoie at the age of 7.[2] She graduated from Pantheon-Assas University with a master's degree in international business law.
She is a member of the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, an animal rights group.[3] She joined the center-right Union of Democrats and Independents in 2013 but left after a year. She joined En Marche! the day after it was founded and established a chapter of the movement in Aix-les-Bains.[4] In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 50.76% of the vote, narrowly defeating Dominique Dord of the Les Républicains who had held the seat for the previous twenty years.[5]
At age 24, she is the youngest assembly member of La République En Marche!, and the second youngest overall after Ludovic Pajot of the Front National.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Typhanie Degois (SAvoie) La benjamine amie des animaux". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Législatives : à seulement 24 ans, la jeune macroniste Typhanie Degois devient la benjamine de la majorité". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ BFMTV. "Nés en 1993, ils sont les deux benjamins de l'Assemblée". BFMTV. Retrieved 27 June 2017.