Luc Carvounas (born 8 June 1971) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 until 2020, representing Val-de-Marne. He is currently mayor of Alfortville.

Luc Carvounas
Mayor of Alfortville
Assumed office
24 May 2020
Preceded byMichel Gerchinovitz
In office
18 March 2012 – 10 September 2017
Preceded byRené Rouquet
Succeeded byMichel Gerchinovitz
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-de-Marne's 9th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 23 June 2020
Preceded byRené Rouquet
Succeeded bySarah Taillebois
Member of the French Senate
for Val-de-Marne
In office
2011–2017
Succeeded byLaurent Dutheil
Personal details
Born (1971-06-08) 8 June 1971 (age 53)
Charenton-le-Pont, France
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse
Stéphane Exposito
(m. 2015)

Political career

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Early beginnings

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In the 2015 French regional elections in Île-de-France, Carvounas served as campaign director to the Socialist Party's candidate Claude Bartolone.[1]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2017 primaries, Carvounas endorsed Manuel Valls as the party's candidate for the presidential election later that year.[2]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2020

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From 2017 until 2020, Carvounas was a member of the National Assembly, where he served on the Defence Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[3]

Carvounas was a candidate for the Socialist Party's leadership at the Aubervilliers Congress in 2018.[4]

In September 2020 his re-election as Mayor of Alfortville made Carvounas ineligible for the National Assembly due to the changed cumulation of mandates rule. His substitute, Sarah Taillebois, was ineligible due to appointment to the École nationale d'administration. A by-election was held 27 September 2020, which was won by Isabelle Santiago, also of the Socialist Party.[5]

Later career

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In September 2020, Carvounas was elected chairman of the Association des Maires du Val-de-Marne.[6]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Carvounas joined the campaign team of Anne Hidalgo as spokesperson.[7]

Personal life

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Since 2015, Carvounas has been married to Stéphane Exposito.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Virginie le Guay and Caroline Fontaine (22 May 2015), Le match Pécresse / Bartolone Paris Match (in French).
  2. ^ Grégoire Poussielgue and Pierre-Alain Furbury (15 December 2016), Primaire du PS : Valls engrange les soutiens Les Échos.
  3. ^ Luc Carvounas National Assembly.
  4. ^ "Qui sont les candidats déclarés à la présidence du PS ?". Europe 1. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Alfortville-Vitry : Isabelle Santiago (PS) élue députée". www.leparisien.fr (in French). 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  6. ^ Agnès Vives (26 September 2020), Luc Carvounas de retour à la tête de l’Association des maires du Val-de-Marne Le Parisien.
  7. ^ Julien Duffé (11 January 2022), Présidentielle : Anne Hidalgo muscle son équipe de campagne avant de présenter son programme Le Parisien.
  8. ^ Laure Bretton (8 July 2015), Luc Carvounas, la Valls du marié Libération.