Pierre-Henri Dumont

Pierre-Henri Dumont
Member of the National Assembly
for Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byYann Capet
Personal details
Born (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 36)
Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France
Political partyUMP (2009-2015)
LR (since 2015)
NF (since 2022)
Alma materSciences Po

Pierre-Henri Dumont (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi dymɔ̃]; born 7 October 1987) is a French politician of the Republicans (French language: Les Républicains) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since June 2017, representing the Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency.[1] His constituency contains the port city of Calais.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Dumont is a graduate of Sciences Po in Paris. During his studies, he completed a year abroad at Johns Hopkins University and an internship in the office of Carolyn McCarthy at the United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.[3]

Political career[edit]

Career in local politics[edit]

Dumont served as Mayor of Marck from 2014 to 2017.[4]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present[edit]

Dumont was elected to the French Parliament in 2017,[5] defeating National Rally Member of the European Parliament, Philippe Olivier in the second round.[6] In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.

Since 2019, Dumont has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[7]

Dumont endorsed Christian Jacob as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention,[8] and later supported Aurélien Pradié’s candidacy to succeed Jacob in 2022; in the second round of voting, he eventually supported Éric Ciotti.[9]

Political positions[edit]

In the summer of 2020, Dumont disputed the claims of Priti Patel, the British Home Secretary that French authorities were not stopping migrants from leaving France and crossing the English Channel.[10][11][12] Dumont blamed British law for the situation.[13]

After the November 2021 English Channel disaster, Dumont spoke to CNN and criticized Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pierre-Henri DUMONT - Député de la 7ème circonscription du Pas-de-Calais - Conseiller municipal de Marck". www.phdumont.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ^ Peter Nicholls and Natalie Thomas (August 10, 2020), More migrants cross Channel to Britain as political tension rises Reuters.
  3. ^ Alexandre Pedro (22 March 2023), Qui est vraiment Pierre-Henri Dumont, le frondeur de la droite Le Monde.
  4. ^ "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". www.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Législatives : Pierre-Henri Dumont (LR) élu à Calais face à Philippe Olivier (FN)". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ Pierre-Henri Dumont National Assembly.
  8. ^ La jeune garde des députés LR soutient Christian Jacob Le Journal du Dimanche, 7 July 2019.
  9. ^ Eric Ciotti élu président du parti Les Républicains Le Monde, 11 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Patel's migrant boat claims labelled 'fake news'". BBC News. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Nine migrant boats intercepted with 125 on board". BBC News. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  12. ^ "La ministre britannique de l'Intérieur reproche à la France de ne pas intercepter les bateaux de migrants". InfoMigrants (in French). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  13. ^ "End this exploitation at the border". The Telegraph. 6 August 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  14. ^ Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont reacts to Boris Johnson's plan after Channel deaths - CNN Video, retrieved 27 November 2021

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