Typhanie Degois

Typhanie Degois (born 6 January 1993) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the first constituency of the department of Savoie.[1]

Typhanie Degois
Member of the National Assembly for Savoie's 1st constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byDominique Dord
Personal details
Born (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993
Fourmies, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University

Early life and education

Degois was born in northern France and moved to Savoie at the age of 7.[2] She graduated from Pantheon-Assas University with a master's degree in international business law.[3]

Degois is a member of the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, an animal rights group.[4]

Political career

Degois joined the center-right Union of Democrats and Independents in 2013 but left after a year.

Degois joined En Marche! the day after it was founded and established a chapter of the movement in Aix-les-Bains.[5] In the 2017 legislative elections she was elected with 50.76% of the vote, narrowly defeating Dominique Dord of the Les Républicains who had held the seat for the previous twenty years.[6] At age 24, she was the youngest assembly member of La République En Marche!, and the second youngest overall after Ludovic Pajot of the Front National.[7]

In parliament, Degois serves as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[8] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Monaco, the Central African Republic and Azerbaijan.

Political positions

In July 2019, Degois voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. French election: Macron team complete rout with Assembly win BBC News, 19 June 2017.
  4. "Typhanie Degois (SAvoie) La benjamine amie des animaux". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. "Législatives : à seulement 24 ans, la jeune macroniste Typhanie Degois devient la benjamine de la majorité". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. BFMTV. "Nés en 1993, ils sont les deux benjamins de l'Assemblée". BFMTV. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. Typhanie Degois French National Assembly.
  9. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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