Hélène Laporte

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Hélène Laporte
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Vice President of the National Assembly
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Member of the National Assembly
for Lot-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency
Assumed office
29 June 2022
Preceded by Alexandre Freschi
Member of the European Parliament
for France
In office
2 July 2019[1][2] – 28 June 2022
Succeeded by Marie Dauchy
Personal details
Born (1978-12-29) 29 December 1978 (age 45)
Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Nationality French
Political party National Rally
Children 2
Profession Politician

Hélène Laporte (born 29 December 1978) is a French politician who was elected as a National Rally (part of the Identity and Democracy) group Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She is currently serving as vice-president of the French National Assembly.

Early life and local political career

Hélène Laporte was born on 29 December 1978 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France.[3] Her mother Isabelle Laporte was elected as a National Front councillor on the Villeneuve municipal council in 2014.[4] Her maternal grandfather Jacques Laporte was a candidate for the National Front in the 1997 French legislative election.[5] She is a banking analyst for Crédit Agricole.[6][7]

Laporte joined the National Front in 2014.[8] In the 2015 French regional elections, she was elected as a councillor for the party in Lot-et-Garonne. Laporte contested the 2017 French legislative election in Lot-et-Garonne's 2nd constituency. Alexandre Freschi of the La République En Marche! party won the seat after the second round of voting.[5] National Front changed their name to National Rally in June 2018.[9]

European Parliament

Laporte stood as a candidate for National Rally in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She was second on her party's list, and was elected as one of its 22 MEPs in France.[lower-alpha 1][10][11] She is part of the Identity and Democracy group. In the European Parliament, Laporte is a member of the Committee on Budgets, and is part of the delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.[3]

Personal life

Laporte is married, and has two children.[12][13]

Notes

  1. ↑ In the election, the party won 23 seats however Jean-Lin Lacapelle was elected in a reserve seat that he can only take if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

References

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