Constance Le Grip
Constance Le Grip | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 6th constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Christophe Fromantin |
Personal details | |
Born | Chatou, France | 14 November 1960
Political party | The Republicans |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Constance Le Grip (born 14 November 1960) is a French politician of The Republican Group who currently serves as a member of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, representing Hauts-de-Seine's 6th constituency. She served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2010 until 2017.
Early life
Le Grip was born on 14 November 1960 in Chatou.[1]
Career
From 2001 to 2008, Le Grip served as a councilor in Neuilly-sur-Seine and has been a parliamentary adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy.[2][3] She became a member of European Parliament in February 2010.[2] A member of European People's Party (Christian Democrats), she served as the vice-president of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and a member of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. She was reelected to the European Parliament in 2014.[1]
In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Le Grip endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party’s candidate for the office of President of France.[4]
During the 2017 French legislative election with 21.16% votes, Le Grip took up the second position in the first round of elections for Hauts-de-Seine's 6th constituency but secured 53.81% of the votes cast in the second round.[5] In the National Assembly, she's the Vice-chairperson of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education and a member of European Affairs Committee.[6]
In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Le Grip endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.[7]
Personal life
Le Grip is married with three children.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Constance Le Grip". European Parliament. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Qui est Constance Le Grip, votre députée (LR) de Neuilly-Puteaux" [Who is Constance Le Grip, your MP (LR) from Neuilly-Puteaux]. Le Parisien (in French). 19 June 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Arrêté du 9 juin 2005 portant nomination au cabinet du ministre d'Etat" [Order of 9 June 2005 appointing the Cabinet of the Minister of State] (in French). LegiFrance. 16 June 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Ludovic Vigogne (April 20, 2016), Bataillons: Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires L'Opinion.
- ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of the 2017 parliamentary elections] (in French). Ministry of the Interior. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ "Mme Constance Le Grip" [Mrs Constance Le Grip] (in French). National Assembly. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
- ^ Ludovic Vigogne (October 11, 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez L'Opinion.