Élise Fajgeles (born 6 July 1970) is a French politician who served as the member of the

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for the 5th constituency of

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from 2017 to 2019. A member of

La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE) is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist or centre-right. The party was originally known as (EM) and later (, LREM, LaREM or REM), before adopting its current name in September 2022 ...

(LREM), she replaced

Benjamin Griveaux Benjamin-Blaise Griveaux (; born 29 December 1977) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Government Spokesman from 2017 to 2019 under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. From 2017 until 2021, he also served as a ...

as his substitute upon his appointment as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance. Griveaux returned to Parliament two years later after stepping down from his Government Spokesman position.

Early life

Fajgeles was born in

Sartrouville Sartrouville () is a communes of France, commune in the Yvelines departments of France, department, Île-de-France, north central France. it is located in the north-western suburbs of Paris, from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Name In the ...

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Polish Jews The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jews, Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the long pe ...

Political career

At the

2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 Member of Parliament (France), members of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Rep ...

, Fajgeles was the substitute candidate for

Paris's 5th constituency The 5th constituency of Paris (French: ''Cinquième circonscription de Paris'') is a French legislative constituency in the department of Paris. Like the other 576 French constituencies, it elects one member of the National Assembly using the t ...

. Fajgeles became a member of the

following Griveaux's appointment to the government as Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance on 22 July 2017. She left

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in 2019.

References

External links

Official website
1970 births Living people People from Yvelines Politicians from Paris Jewish French politicians French people of Polish-Jewish descent 21st-century French women politicians Women members of the National Assembly (France) Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians Members of Parliament for Paris {{France-politician-LREM-stub