Sira Sylla (born 14 March 1980) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,[1] representing the department of Seine-Maritime.[2]

Sira Sylla
Sira Sylla in June 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-Maritime's 4th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – June 2022
Preceded byGuillaume Bachelay
Succeeded byAlma Dufour
Personal details
Born (1980-03-14) 14 March 1980 (age 44)
Rouen, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materUniversity of Rouen

Political career

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In parliament, Sylla served as member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the parliamentary friendship groups with the Burundi, Rwanda, Senegal and Turkey.[3] In July 2019, Sylla voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[4]

Sylla lost her seat in the 2022 French legislative election, coming in fourth place in the first round.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro.
  2. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ Sira Sylla French National Assembly.
  4. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  5. ^ "Dans la 4e circonscription de Seine-Maritime, Guillaume Pennelle et Alma Dufour au second tour". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2022.