Typhanie Degois

Typhanie Degois
Degois in 2021
Member of the National Assembly
for Savoie's 1st constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byDominique Dord
Succeeded byMarina Ferrari
Personal details
Born (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)
Fourmies, France
Political partyLa République En Marche! (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
Union of Democrats and Independents (2013–2014)
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University
OccupationJurist

Typhanie Degois (born 6 January 1993) is a French politician who represented the 1st constituency of the Savoie department in the National Assembly from 2017 until 2022.[1] She is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).

Early life and education[edit]

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.[3]

Degois is a member of the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, an animal rights group.[4]

Political career[edit]

Degois joined the centre-right Union of Democrats and Independents in 2013 but left after a year.

Degois joined En Marche! the day after it was founded and established a chapter of the movement in Aix-les-Bains.[5] In the 2017 legislative election she was elected to Parliament with 50.76% of the vote in Savoie's 1st constituency, narrowly defeating Dominique Dord of The Republicans who had held the seat for the previous 20 years.[6] At age 24, she was the youngest member of the National Assembly of La République En Marche! as well as the second youngest overall after Ludovic Pajot of the National Front.[7]

In Parliament, Degois served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[8] In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Monaco, the Central African Republic and Azerbaijan.

As a parliamentarian, she grew increasingly critical of the La République En Marche group in the National Assembly, voting against key bills supported by a majority of her fellow party members. In May 2022, she announced she would not seek reelection in the upcoming legislative election.[9]

On the occasion of the presidential election of 2022, she brings her sponsorship of deputy to Marine Le Pen.

Political positions[edit]

In July 2019, Degois voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ French election: Macron team complete rout with Assembly win, BBC News, 19 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Typhanie Degois (SAvoie) La benjamine amie des animaux". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Législatives : à seulement 24 ans, la jeune macroniste Typhanie Degois devient la benjamine de la majorité". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ BFMTV. "Nés en 1993, ils sont les deux benjamins de l'Assemblée". BFMTV. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ^ Typhanie Degois French National Assembly.
  9. ^ "Sans surprise, la députée sortante Typhanie Degois jette l'éponge", hebdo-des-savoie.com (in French), 18 May 2022.
  10. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés, Le Monde.