Christelle Petex-Levet (born 2 September 1980 in
Annecy
Annecy ( , ; frp, Èneci or ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy, south of Geneva, Switzerland. Nicknamed ...
) is a French politician who has been
Member of Parliament for
Haute-Savoie's 3rd constituency since 2021.
Political career
In parliament, Petex-Levet served on the
Sustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee.
In the
2022 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France were held on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in A ...
, Petex-Levet narrowly avoided elimination in the first round. She won a landslide in the second round against the
NUPES
The New Ecological and Social People's Union (french: Nouvelle Union populaire écologique et sociale, link=no, NUPES) is a left-wing alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance includes La France Insoumise (LFI) ...
candidate.
In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Petex-Levet endorsed
Éric Ciotti
Éric Ciotti (, ; born 28 September 1965) is a French politician who has represented the 1st constituency of Alpes-Maritimes in the National Assembly since 2007 and is the president of The Republicans since 2022. Ciotti previously briefly served ...
as the party's chairman.
[Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022)]
Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés
'' L'Obs''.
See also
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Women in the French National Assembly
Women are able to be Members of Parliament in France; in the National Assembly. Women have been able to be involved in French legislative political life since 1945.
History
A record number of women were elected at the 2017 French legislative ele ...
References
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1980 births
Living people
People from Annecy
The Republicans (France) politicians
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Members of Parliament for Haute-Savoie
Departmental councillors (France)
Mayors of places in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Women mayors of places in France
21st-century French women politicians