Souad Zitouni

Zitouni began her political activism with Ecology Generation,^[3] before joining the Democratic Movement.^[2] In 2008, she was a candidate for her party in the 2008 municipal elections at Pontet, on the Ambition Le Pontet list led by Michel Bouyol: in sixth position, she was not elected.^[5]

Ten years later, Zitouni joined La République En Marche!^[3] and campaigned for Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election of 2017. She was a candidate in the legislative elections in Vaucluse's 1st constituency, as substitute candidate for Jean-François Cesarini.^[3] They were elected, with 58% in the second round against a candidate from the National Front.^[6] Cesarini died on March 29, 2020, and Zitouni automatically succeeded him the next day.^[7]

In parliament, Zitouni joined the LREM group.^[8] She served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning.^[9]

In 2020, Zitouni joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.^[10]

Zitouni lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.^[11]

In 2020, Zitouni went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.^[12][13]