Damien Abad

Damien Abad
Member of the National Assembly
for Ain's 5th constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Member of the Departmental council of Ain
for Canton of Pont-d'Ain
Assumed office
2 April 2015
President of the Departmental council of Ain
In office
2 April 2015 – 10 July 2017
Preceded by Rachel Mazuir
Succeeded by Jean Deguerry
Member of the European Parliament for South-East France
In office
14 July 2009 – 17 June 2012
Personal details
Born (1980-04-05) 5 April 1980
Nîmes, France
Political party The Republicans
Education IEP de Bordeaux
IEP de Paris

Damien Abad (born 5 April 1980 in Nîmes, Gard) is a French politician, member of the French National Assembly representing Ain[1]. He was a member of the European Parliament, representing South-East France[2].

Biography

Early life

Former student of high school Alphonse-Daudet, major Sciences Po Bordeaux, graduated from Sciences Po Paris (2004), he fails twice at the grand oral ÉNA[3].. He became in charge of studies on budgetary and fiscal issues at the UDF group in March 2006 and then at the New Center group at the National Assembly. From 2008 to 2009, he is also a Docent in Public Finance at Sciences Po Paris President of the Young Centrists until his election, Abad worked for the New Centre group in the National Assembly on fiscal and budget issues.

Abad has the congenital neuromuscular disorder known as arthrogryposis.

Political career

In 2007, Abad was candidate in Yvelines' 5th constituency, where he won 3.17% of the vote,[4] and in 2008 he was elected to the Municipal Council of Vauvert.

In June 2009, for the 2009 European elections, he was elected European deputy on the list of the presidential majority in the South-East France constituency. At the age of 29, he becomes the youngest French MEP and the youngest French parliamentarian in office. He is one of the youngest elected members of the European Parliament[5]..

On 2 April 2015, he was elected as the President of the Departmental council of Ain[6]. Touched by the limitation of the plurality of the mandates, he resigns from her position of [President of the Departmental council of Ain on 10 July 2017.[7]

Member of the National Assembly

In 2012, he ran to represent Ain's 5th constituency as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. He was elected with 13,231 votes (56% of the votes) in the second round against the socialist candidate, Josiane Exposito.[8]

He is reelected on 18 June 2017[9]. June 21, he is a candidate for the presidency of the parliamentary group LR against Christian Jacob, the latter is finally reelected[10].During a 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, he sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee[11]. He is a member of European Affairs Committee, and member of Working Group on the Legislative Procedure and the Parliamentary Organization and the Rights of the Opposition[12]. He is Vice-president of the France-China Friendship Group[13].

References

  1. ↑ "M. Damien Abad". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "M. Damien Abad". European Parliament (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Laure Equy. "Damien Abad, cadet de la droite" (in French). liberation.fr. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ La Depeche. "Damien Abad en passe de devenir le benjamin des euro-députés" (in French). La Depeche. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Damien Abad élu président du conseil départemental" (in French). Ain. Le Progress. April 2, 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2017. Translation: "Unsurprisingly, Damien Abad (UMP), leader of the right and center, and only candidate in the running, was elected president of the county council of Ain by 42 votes for and 4 white ballots."
  7. ↑ Sandra Méallier. "Ain : Jean Deguerry remplace Damien Abad à la présidence du Département" (in French). france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2012". l'express (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Isabelle Gonzalez. "Damien Abad (LR) réélu haut la main dans la 5e circonscription de l'Ain" (in French). france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Christian Jacob réélu président du groupe Les Républicains de l'Assemblée Nationale". Europe 1 (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Composition de la commission de la défense nationale et des forces armées". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  12. ↑ "PROCÉDURE LÉGISLATIVE ET ORGANISATION PARLEMENTAIRE ET DROITS DE L'OPPOSITION". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  13. ↑ "Composition du groupe d'amitié France-Chine". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 5 November 2017.
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