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Souad Zitouni

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Souad Zitouni
Member of the National Assembly
for Vaucluse's 1st constituency
In office
30 March 2020 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byJean-François Cesarini
Succeeded byJoris Hébrard
Personal details
Born (1974-04-23) 23 April 1974 (age 50)
Boukadir, Algeria
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materAix-Marseille University
ProfessionLawyer

Souad Zitouni (Arabic: سعاد زيتوني‎‎; born 23 April 1974 in Boukadir) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022,[1] representing the Vaucluse's 1st constituency.

Early life and education

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Zitouni was born in 1974 in Algeria, she was four years old when her family moved to France, to Marseille.[2]

Zitouni studied at Aix-Marseille University,[3] where she obtained a master's degree in public law[2] and a specialized graduate diploma in local government management.[3] She continued her training in law school.[2] She practiced law from 2004 at the Avignon Carpentras bars.[4]

Political career

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Zitouni began her political activism with Ecology Generation,[3] before joining the Democratic Movement.[2] In 2008, she was a candidate for her party in the 2008 municipal elections at Pontet, on the Ambition Le Pontet list led by Michel Bouyol: in sixth position, she was not elected.[5]

Ten years later, Zitouni joined La République En Marche![3] and campaigned for Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election of 2017. She was a candidate in the legislative elections in Vaucluse's 1st constituency, as substitute candidate for Jean-François Cesarini.[3] They were elected, with 58% in the second round against a candidate from the National Front.[6] Cesarini died on March 29, 2020, and Zitouni automatically succeeded him the next day.[7]

In parliament, Zitouni joined the LREM group.[8] She served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning.[9]

In 2020, Zitouni joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[10]

Zitouni lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.[11]

Political positions

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In 2020, Zitouni went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro.
  2. ^ a b c d "législatives - 1re circonscription : Souad Zitouni est engagée aux côtés de Jean-François Cesarini. L'éducation, priorité de la suppléante du candidat de la République en Marche !". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. ^ a b c d e Paupert, Philippe (2020-03-30). "Souad Zitouni devient députée LREM d'Avignon". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  4. ^ "Profil de Me Souad ZITOUNI". Avocat.fr Profil (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  5. ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections municipales 2008" [Results of municipal elections 2008]. French Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  6. ^ Lassalle, Isabelle (2017-06-18). "Législatives : les résultats du 2nd tour et les députés élus en PACA". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  7. ^ Paupert, Philippe (2020-03-29). "Atteint d'un cancer, le député LREM de Vaucluse, Jean-François Cesarini, est décédé". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  8. ^ "Modifications à la composition des groupes - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  9. ^ Souad Zitouni National Assembly
  10. ^ Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
  11. ^ à 11h28, Par Le Parisien Le 12 juin 2022; À 23h04, Modifié Le 12 Juin 2022 (2022-06-12). "Législatives 2022 : les résultats dans le Vaucluse". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Analyse du scrutin n° 3254, deuxième séance du 24/11/2020: Scrutin public sur l'ensemble de la proposition de loi relative à la sécurité globale (première lecture) National Assembly.
  13. ^ Elisa Braun (November 24, 2020), Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister Politico Europe.
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