Florence Portelli (born 23 March 1978 in Argenteuil) is a French politician who has been serving as Mayor of Taverny since 2014. She has also been a regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015.
Florence Portelli | |
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| Mayor of Taverny | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2014 | |
| Regional Councillor of Île-de-France | |
| Assumed office 18 December 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 March 1978 Argenteuil, France |
| Political party | The Republicans (2015–2019, since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Union for a Popular Movement (Before 2015) |
| Alma mater | Panthéon-Assas University |
A longtime member of The Republicans, Portelli served as François Fillon's spokeswoman during his presidential election campaign in 2017. She was a candidate for the presidency of The Republicans that year.
Early life and education
editPortelli is the daughter of senator Hugues Portelli and Marie Bosi. She enrolled at the Panthéon-Assas University where she graduated with a M.A. in public law of the Sorbonne Law School and, later, with a degree of Paris Institute of Criminology.[1]
Political career
editIn 2014, Portelli was elected Mayor of Taverny.[2][3] As part of the campaign led by Valérie Pécresse, she became regional councillor of Île-de-France in the 2015 elections.[1]
In 2015, Portelli was appointed as member of the Republicans' political bureau by its chairman Nicolas Sarkozy[4] and became the party's national spokesperson on cultural affairs.[5]
Having supported François Fillon during the 2012 leadership election, Portelli was selected as spokesperson for his 2017 presidential campaign,[6] and later as The Republicans' campaign spokeswoman for the 2017 French legislative election, in the team led by François Baroin.[7][8]
Ahead of the Republicans' 2017 leadership elections, Portelli declared her candidacy on 29 August 2017,[9] arguing that she wanted to work "for the right to recover its pride", to "return to activists the place that they should have in the party", and "a refoundation, a democratized functioning, a radical change to statutes and clarification of the ideological line of the party".[10] She excludes any possibility of cooperating with the extreme right, argues for the need to "reinforce" immigration control, and supports the definitive exclusion of LR members of "The Constructives",[11] saying they had "excluded themselves", but invited those who hoped that its creation would propel the right to reform to "to return to the fold," believing them mistaken.[1] In the final vote, she lost against Laurent Wauquiez.[12]
In February 2018, Portelli was appointed General secretary of "Libres !", a movement founded by Valérie Pécresse and affiliated with the Republicans.[13]
In 2023, the Republicans' chairman Éric Ciotti appointed Portelli as member of his shadow cabinet and put her in charge of cultural affairs.[14]
Personal life
editPortelli has been playing piano since the age of six and is an avid jazz lover.[7] In 2016, she was elected President of the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, a French symphony orchestra[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c Benjamin Pierret (30 August 2017). "Les Républicains : qui est Florence Portelli, candidate à la présidence du parti ?". RTL. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Taverny : Portelli, la plus jeune". Le Parisien. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- ^ Daniel Chollet (22 April 2014). "Florence Portelli : "j'étais fascinée par Philippe Séguin"". La Gazette du Val-d'Oise. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2017..
- ^ "Florence Portelli entre au bureau national de l'UMP". Le Parisien. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017..
- ^ "Florence Portelli (LR) nommée secrétaire nationale à la culture". Le Parisien. 10 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017..
- ^ "François Fillon : une victoire grâce à eux !". France Culture. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ a b Diane Malosse (8 August 2017). "Pianiste, snipeuse et filloniste : Florence Portelli, future candidate à la tête de LR ?". L'Obs. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Sophie Louet, Emile Picy, Brian Love and Gerard Bon (January 26, 2017), French candidate Fillon's lawyer says he confident, but supporters worry Reuters.
- ^ "Florence Portelli candidate à la présidence des Républicains". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Emmanuel Galiero (29 August 2017). "Florence Portelli : " Je suis candidate à la présidence des Républicains "". Le Figaro. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
- ^ Lucie Soullier (11 October 2017). "Présidence de LR : Wauquiez, Portelli et de Calan officiellement en lice". Le Monde. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (January 15, 2018), Alain Juppé quits French Republicans party after 40 years Financial Times.
- ^ Vigogne, Ludovic (15 February 2018). "Valérie Pécresse dote Libres! d'un organigramme". L'Opinion.
- ^ Christine Ollivier (13 May 2023), EXCLUSIF. Éric Ciotti dévoile son contre-gouvernement Le Journal du Dimanche.
- ^ Alexandre Sulzer (31 August 2017). "Florence Portelli candidate à la présidence des Républicains". L'Express. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
External links
edit- Official website (in French)