Eléonore Bez (born 24 June 1976) is a French politician of the National Rally. She is a member of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the municipal council of Marseille, the metropolitan council of Aix-Marseille-Provence, and the arrondissement council of the 9th and 10th arrondissements.[1]

Eléonore Bez
Regional Councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Assumed office
13 December 2015
Personal details
Born (1976-06-24) 24 June 1976 (age 48)
Paris, France
Political partyNational Rally

Early life and career

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Bez was born in Paris and has lived in Marseille since the age of 11.[2] She joined the National Rally at the age of 18,[3][2] and was elected to the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the 2015 regional elections.[4] She was a candidate for Bouches-du-Rhône's 6th constituency in the 2017 legislative election,[2] and a candidate for member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election.[5]

In the 2020 municipal elections, Bez was elected municipal councillor of Marseille, as the lead candidate of the National Rally in the 5th sector.[6] She was re-elected as regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the 2021 regional elections.[7] Together with Franck Allisio, Gisèle Lelouis and Arezki Selloum, she left the National Rally's municipal council group in February 2022, in protest against group leader Stéphane Ravier's decision not to sanction councillor Sophie Grech over her support for Éric Zemmour in the 2022 presidential election.[8] She was a candidate for Bouches-du-Rhône's 6th constituency in the 2022 legislative election,[9] and a candidate for member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European Parliament election.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Éléonore Bez" (in French). Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis.
  2. ^ a b c "6e circo des Bouches-du-Rhône : Guy Teissier est-il indétrônable ?". La Provence (in French). 8 June 2017.
  3. ^ "FN : c'est la tournée de l'ambassadrice". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). 5 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Marseille : la double démission de Vincent Vidal (FN)". La Provence (in French). 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Élections européennes : la liste des candidats du Rassemblement national". Ouest-France (in French). 4 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Bouches-du-Rhône (13) - Marseille Secteur 5" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "La liste des 123 élus est tombée, voici la composition du nouveau conseil régional en Paca". Nice-Matin (in French). 28 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Quatre élus RN de Marseille se retirent du groupe municipal après le parrainage d'une élue à Eric Zemmour" (in French). France Bleu. 1 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Législatives 2022 : Royer-Perreaut et Bez face à face dans la 6e circo des Bouches-du-Rhône". La Provence (in French). 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "À quelques jours des européennes, à Marseille, le RN fait un dernier appel aux abstentionnistes". La Provence (in French). 7 June 2024.