Carlos Martens Bilongo (born 31 December 1990) is a French teacher and politician who has represented the 8th constituency of the Val-d'Oise department in the National Assembly since 2022. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), he was elected under the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) alliance.[1]
Carlos Martens Bilongo | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Val-d'Oise's 8th constituency | |
| Assumed office 19 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | François Pupponi |
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| Born | 31 December 1990 Villiers-le-Bel, France |
| Political party | La France Insoumise (since 2022) |
Early life and career
editCarlos Martens Bilongo was born on December 31, 1990, in Villiers-le-Bel to parents of Congolese (DRC) and Angolan origin.[2] He is the youngest of six children.[3]
After obtaining a vocational baccalaureate at the Gustave-Monod high school, Carlos Martens Bilongo joined Isifa plus values cfa Paris Sud, a business school in Paris, where he obtained a BTS Technico-commercial in 2012, before obtaining, a year later, a degree in Marketing Negotiation.[4]
After an apprenticeship contract at Az Métal, he worked successively as a technical sales representative and then as a business manager, a position he held for six years.[4] Since 2019, he has been a teacher in economics and law at the Alexandre-Dumas high school.[5]
As a sports coach and physical trainer, he trains the singer Aya Nakamura during her tour.[6]
Political career
editActivism
editMartens Bilongo is involved in a member of the Triangle de Gonesse collective, a platform that brings together several associations committed to the environment. They have been fighting for several years to "save the fertile agricultural land" north of Paris.[7]
French National Assembly
editCarlos Martens Bilongo is a member of La France Insoumise. He was nominated by the NUPES in Villiers-le-Bel in the 8th constituency of Val-d'Oise, where he beat François Pupponi in the first round with more than 37% of the vote against 24%.[8] During the inter-round, he received the support of the mayors of Sarcelles, Garges-lès-Gonesse and Villiers-le-Bel.[9] On the second round, he was elected deputy with 61.72% of the vote.
On November 3, 2022, during a question session to the government at the National Assembly, while Deputy Bilongo was addressing the subject of the distribution of migrants sailing on the Ocean Viking, he was interrupted by the National Rally deputy Grégoire de Fournas, who said: "Let him go back to Africa", according to the version retained by the editors of the debates and available in the minutes of the session.[10][11] These remarks provoked indignation in the Chamber and a temporary suspension of the sitting by Yaël Braun-Pivet, President of the Assembly.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ "M. Carlos Martens Bilongo - Val-d'Oise (8e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale" [Mr. Carlos Martens Bilongo - Val-d'Oise (8th constituency) - National Assembly] (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Rachel Keke, Nadège Abomangoli, Carlos Martens Bilongo… Qui sont les nouveaux députés français d'origine africaine ?" [Rachel Keke, Nadège Abomangoli, Carlos Martens Bilongo… Who are the new French deputies of African origin?] (in French). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Carlos Martens Bilongo, député insoumis : "Moi, je suis là pour le combat"" [Carlos Martens Bilongo, rebellious deputy: "I am here for the fight"] (in French). 1 July 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Carlos Martens BILONGO (AZ Métal)" (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Législatives 2022 : la majorité présidentielle va-t-elle conserver son hégémonie dans le Val-d'Oise ?" [Legislatives 2022: will the presidential majority retain its hegemony in Val-d'Oise?] (in French). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ Guissé, Maïram (8 March 2019). "Villiers-le-Bel : le coach sportif d'Aya Nakamura, c'est lui" [Villiers-le-Bel: Aya Nakamura's sports coach, it's him] (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Les habitants de Gonesse refusent le bétonnage des terres" [The inhabitants of Gonesse refuse the concreting of the land] (in French). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Législatives 2022. 8 circonscription du Val-d'Oise : Carlos Martens Bilongo éjecte François Pupponi de son siège" [Legislative 2022. 8 constituency of Val-d'Oise: Carlos Martens Bilongo ejects François Pupponi from his seat] (in French). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ Robert, Hugo (20 June 2022). "Législatives : dans le Val-d'Oise, le camp présidentiel résiste à la vague Nupes" [Legislatives: in Val-d'Oise, the presidential camp resists the Nupes wave] (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Fiche de synthèse : Les services des comptes rendus - Rôle et pouvoirs de l'Assemblée nationale - Assemblée nationale" [Summary sheet: Reporting services - Role and powers of the National Assembly - National Assembly]. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Compte-rendu de la séance du jeudi 03 novembre 2022" [Minutes of the meeting of Thursday, November 03, 2022]. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "Un député RN accusé d'avoir tenu des propos racistes, la séance interrompue à l'Assemblée" [An RN deputy accused of having made racist remarks, the session interrupted in the Assembly] (in French). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "« Retourne en Afrique » : à l'Assemblée, le RN montre son vrai visage" ["Return to Africa": at the Assembly, the RN shows its true face]. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.