Murielle Lepvraud is a French politician. A member of La France Insoumise, she currently serves as National Assembly deputy for Côtes-d'Armor's 4th constituency.

Biography

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Lepvraud was born on 15 July 1974 in Loudéac, in the Côtes-d'Armor department, in Brittany.[1]

She began her involvement in politics following the 2005 French European Constitution referendum.[2]

In 2016, she joined the newly-founded left-wing party La France Insoumise, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. In the 2017 French legislative election, she ran in Côtes-d'Armor's 4th constituency with LFI, finishing in third place with 11% of the vote.

She presented herself as a candidate for LFI, as part of the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) coalition, in the 2022 French legislative election. Tangui Kazumba served as her electoral substitute.[3] In her campaign, she called for a shift away from industrial agriculture towards more sustainable agriculture and called for an end to austerity, including the planned healthcare cuts in her region.[4] In the first round of the election, she more than doubled her vote share from 2017, finishing with 27,21% of the vote and making it to the second round.[5] In the second round, she finished with 53,42% of the vote, defeating incumbent La République En Marche! deputy Yannick Kerlogot.[6]

She currently sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee.

References

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  1. ^ Assemblée Nationale. "Mme Murielle Lepvraud - Côtes-d'Armor (4e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale" (in French). .assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  2. ^ Launay, Pauline (20 June 2022). "Législatives 2022. Qui est Murielle Lepvraud, la nouvelle députée de la circo de Guingamp ?". Ouest-France. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  3. ^ Menguy, Fabienne (23 May 2022). "ENTRETIEN. Législatives à Guingamp. Murielle Lepvraud, candidate de La France insoumise". Actu.fr. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. ^ Le Pivert, Fanch (30 May 2022). "Elections législatives : Muriel Lepvraud, candidate de la Nouvelle Union populaire à Guingamp". Actu.fr. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  5. ^ ""Je n'ai jamais été aussi emmerdé": dans la 4e circonscription des Côtes-d'Armor, des électeurs désemparés – Libération". Liberation.fr. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  6. ^ "" Que du bonheur ! " : la joie après la victoire de Murielle Lepvraud aux législatives à Guingamp - Elections Législatives - Le Télégramme". Letelegramme.fr. 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2022-07-29.