Linda Kebbab
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Linda Kebbab | |
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 Linda Kebbab in 2021 | |
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) Vaulx-en-Velin, France |
| Known for | Policewoman, union member |
Linda Kebbab (born 1981) is a French police unionist. She has been a national delegate of the UN1TÉ union since 2018.[1] She is vice-president of the Initiative Sécurité Intérieure think tank, which she co-founded in 2021.[2]
Linda Kebbab was born in the suburbs of Lyon to two Algerian immigrant parents . Her father was a garbage collector and her mother was a housewife.
She is fluent in Algerian dialectal Arabic, she continued her language studies in English, literary Arabic and Russian,[3] but gave up on becoming a reporter after her mother's death.[4] She then ran a textile import-export company, but wanted to feel of "public utility".[5]
A single parent,[6] she joined the police in 2007[7] after joining the École nationale de police in Fos-sur-Mer. She was first assigned to a police rescue brigade in Créteil. She joined the UN1TÉ SGP Police-Force Ouvrière union, of which she became a national delegate in 2018, just before the Yellow vests protests.[5]
A regular on television sets, Linda Kebbab regularly defends the police.[8] In 2020, Valeurs actuelles described her as a “key figure in the media world”,[7] even though she believes that “police officers who speak out are subject to pressure”.[9]
She supports the proposed law on global security and in particular its controversial article 24.[10]
In 2020, she published her autobiography, in which she notably addressed the Yellow Vest movement, which left more than 27,000 injured, including 1,944 in the police ranks.[11]
Prizes
In 2021, Linda Kebbab won the Favorite category of the Patricia Chapelotte Woman of Influence award.[12]
Her book Guardian of Peace and Revolt, published by Stock, received the prize for the best work on the world of labour.[citation needed]