Sébastien Chenu

Sébastien Chenu (born 13 April 1973) is a French politician. A member of the National Rally, he was elected to the National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Nord.[1]

Sébastien Chenu
Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 19th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byAnne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
Spokespeople of the National Rally
Assumed office
21 September 2017
PresidentMarine Le Pen
Member of the Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
Assumed office
4 January 2016
PresidentXavier Bertrand
Personal details
Born (1973-04-13) 13 April 1973
Beauvais, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyNational Rally
ProfessionConsultant

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 25 June 2017.
  2. Charles Bremner (13 December 2014). "Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  3. "Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen". Lemonde.fr. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
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