Agnès Marion (born 7 June 1977) is a French politician of the National Rally. She was a member of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes from 2016 to 2021,[1] and a member of the municipal council of Lyon from 2014 to 2020.[2]

Agnès Marion
Regional Councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
In office
1 January 2016 – 27 June 2021
Personal details
Born (1977-06-07) 7 June 1977 (age 47)
Sallanches, France
Political partyNational Rally (1997–2021, 2024–present)
Other political
affiliations
Reconquête (2021–2024)

Career

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Marion was born in Sallanches and grew up in Avignon.[3] She went to university in Lyon, where she obtained a master's degree in classical and modern literature, and joined the National Front Youth as a student in 1997.[3] In 2007, she was asked by Bruno Gollnisch to run in the French legislative election,[4] and contested Rhône's 10th constituency.[3] She was a candidate for the same constituency in the 2012 legislative election.[5] She was elected municipal councillor of Lyon in the 2014 municipal elections,[6] and regional councillor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the 2015 regional elections.[3] In the 2017 legislative election, she was a candidate for Rhône's 10th constituency,[7] and in the 2020 municipal elections, she was a candidate for mayor of Lyon.[6]

In 2021, Marion switched to Reconquête.[8] She was the party's candidate in Rhône's 10th constituency in the 2022 legislative election,[9] and its seventh-place candidate in the 2024 European Parliament election.[8] In June 2024 she returned to the National Rally, and was its candidate for Val-d'Oise's 9th constituency in the 2024 legislative election.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Agnès Marion". Lyon Mag (in French).
  2. ^ a b "Législatives dans le Val-d'Oise : la discrète campagne d'Agnès Marion (RN) dans la 9e circonscription". Le Parisien (in French). 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Élections à Lyon : qui est Agnès Marion ? (RN)". Lyon Capitale (in French). 11 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Agnès Marion, Front national : candidate antisystème". Famille chrétienne (in French). 29 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Législatives 2012 Rhône : 10e circonscription". Rue89 (in French). 7 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Agnès Marion (RN) : «Candidate pour l'amour de Lyon, au service des Lyonnais »". Le Progrès (in French). 4 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Agnès Marion, l'adroite à droite du FN". Mediacités (in French). 30 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Européennes : la serial candidate Agnès Marion en position éligible chez Reconquête". Le Progrès (in French). 2 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Agnès Marion (Reconquête) : "nous espérons faire des résultats honorables"". Lyon Capitale (in French). 9 June 2022.