Sylvie Ferrer
French politician
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Sylvie Ferrer (born November 6, 1967) is a French politician.
Sylvie Ferrer | |
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| French MP | |
| Assumed office June 22, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Bernard Sempastous |
| Parliamentary group | LFI |
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| Born | 6 November 1967 Toulouse, France |
| Party | LFI |
A member of La France insoumise, she was elected MP for the 1st constituency of Hautes-Pyrénées in 2022.
Biography
Political career
An environmentalist and anti-globalization activist, she is a member of the Attac association and has led numerous struggles[clarification needed].[1]
She was a candidate in the 2015 regional elections on the ecologist list led by Gérard Onesta, then joined La France insoumise in 2017.[1]
As a candidate in the 2017 legislative elections in the first constituency of Hautes-Pyrénées, she qualified for the second round by eliminating former Socialist minister Jean Glavany. She was defeated in the second round by La République en marche candidate Jean-Bernard Sempastous.[2]
In 2021, she is a candidate in the regional elections on the Occitanie populaire list, supported by La France insoumise in the Hautes-Pyrénées department.[3] The same year, she was a deputy in the Hautes-Pyrénées departmental elections in the Haute-Bigorre canton.[4]
Ferrer was subsequently appointed by Union Populaire activists to lead Jean-Luc Mélenchon's presidential campaign.[5] On 7 May 2022, she was officially nominated as the candidate for the Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale (NUPES) in the same constituency at a national convention.[6]
On 12 June, in the first round of voting, she came out on top, beating the incumbent deputy from the presidential majority, Jean-Bernard Sempastous. Sylvie Ferrer was elected MP for Hautes-Pyrénées on June 19, 2022 with 50.13% of the vote.[7]
At the French National Assembly, she is a member of the Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning Committee.[8]
Personal life
Ferrer is an aeronautical maintenance agent.[1] She has a husband, who works as a high school teacher, and a daughter.[1]