Laura Slimani
French politician (born 1989)
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Laura Slimani (born 23 August 1989) is a French politician of The Ecologists. Since 2020, she has served as a deputy mayor of Rouen.[1] From 2013 to 2015, she was the leader of the Young Socialist Movement.[2] From 2015 to 2017, she served as president of Young European Socialists.[3] In the 2019 European Parliament election, she was a candidate for member of the European Parliament.[3]
Laura Slimani | |
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Slimani in 2014 | |
| Deputy Mayor of Rouen | |
| Assumed office 3 July 2020 | |
| Mayor | Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol |
| President of Young European Socialists | |
| In office 11 April 2015 – 7 April 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Kaisa Vatanen |
| Succeeded by | João Albuquerque |
| Leader of the Young Socialist Movement | |
| In office 17 November 2013 – 19 December 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Thierry Marchal-Beck |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Lucas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 August 1989 |
| Party | The Ecologists (since 2022) Génération.s (2017–2022) Socialist Party (2010–2017) |
| Alma mater | Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux Cardiff University |
Slimani joined the Socialist Party in 2010.[4] During the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary, she served as spokesperson for Benoît Hamon.[5] In September 2017, she left the Socialist Party and joined Hamon's newly founded Génération.s.[6] In the 2020 municipal elections, she ran alongside The Ecologists.[7] During the 2021 Green Party presidential primary, she supported Éric Piolle.[8]