Sébastien Chenu

Sébastien Chenu
Member of the National Assembly for Nord
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded by Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
Personal details
Born (1973-04-13) 13 April 1973
Beauvais, France
Nationality French
Political party National Front

Sébastien Chenu is a French politician representing the National Front. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Nord.[1]

Openly gay, Chenu founded GayLib, then the LGBT wing of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), today part of the Union of Democrats and Independents.[2] He joined the FN after the UMP attempted to kill Law 2013-404, which legalized same-sex marriage, claiming that the UMP had become "the French Tea Party".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Nord - 10e circonscription , resultats élections législatives 2017". Francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  2. ↑ Charles Bremner (2014-12-13). "Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  3. ↑ "Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen". Lemonde.fr. 2014-12-13. Retrieved 2017-06-25.


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