Julien Leonardelli
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Julien Leonardelli | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for France | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary group | Patriots for Europe |
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| Born | 14 July 1987 Lavelanet, France |
| Party | National Rally |
Julien Leonardelli (born 14 July 1987) is a French politician.
A member of the National Rally, he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2024, a municipal councilor in Fronton from 2020 to 2024, and a regional councilor in Occitanie since 2016.
Julien Leonardelli was born on 14 July 1987 in Lavelanet, Ariège.[1] He grew up between Ariège, Castelsarrasin, and Perpignan, then moved to Fronton in 2012. He works as a sales representative.[2]
He joined the National Rally in Perpignan in 2005, on his 18th birthday, alongside Louis Aliot.[2]
Julien Leonardelli was elected in the second round of the 2015 regional elections in Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées as a regional councilor for Occitanie within the National Rally group, and was re-elected in 2021.
In 2013, he was appointed departmental delegate of the National Rally for the Haute-Garonne department, representing the National Rally at the departmental level.[3]
In 2017, he stood as a candidate in the 2017 legislative elections in the fifth constituency of Haute-Garonne, where he came second in the first round with 16.67% of the vote, behind La République en Marche candidate Jean-François Portarrieu. He was defeated in the second round with 32.40% of the vote.
In 2020, Julien Leonardelli ran in the municipal elections in Fronton.[4] He was defeated in the first round by the incumbent mayor, Hugo Cavagnac, who won 77.27% of the vote. His list came in second with 13.19% of the vote and won two seats: himself and Nicole Izard.
In 2021, Julien Leonardelli ran alongside Nicole Izard in the 2021 departmental elections in Haute-Garonne in the canton of Villemur-sur-Tarn. They were eliminated in the first round.
In 2022, he stood as a candidate in the 2022 legislative elections in Haute-Garonne in the fifth constituency of Haute-Garonne. His deputy was Nicole Izard. They were eliminated in the first round with 24.64% of the vote.
In 2024, he was ranked 27th on the National Rally list for the European elections, led by Jordan Bardella.[5] Also in 2024, he was defeated in the legislative elections in the 5th constituency of Haute-Garonne by Jean-François Portarrieu, the outgoing Horizons MP.[6] On September 16, 2024, he was appointed regional delegate of the National Rally for the Occitanie region.
In the European Parliament, Julien Leonardelli sits with the “Patriots for Europe” group.[7] He is a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and a substitute member of the Committee on Regional Development (REGI).[8] He also participates in several delegations, notably those for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean.[8]
