Emeric Salmon (born 26 November, 1973) is a French politician of the

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and a member of the National Assembly for

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since 2022.

Biography

Salmon was born in Vannes in 1973 to a family of six children. His father was an architect. Salmon studied computer science at the

University of Rennes I The University of Rennes 1 is a public university located in the city of Rennes, France. It is under the Academy of Rennes. It specializes in science, technology, law, economics, management and philosophy. There are currently about students en ...

and worked as a

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.. He became active in politics as a teenager when he voted ''No'' in the

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. He joined the National Front (now

) in 2004 and served as a regional councilor in Brittany from 2015 to 2021. During the

2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by ...

he contested

Ille-et-Vilaine's 1st constituency The 1st constituency of Ille-et-Vilaine is a French legislative constituency in the Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is na ...

but was eliminated in the first round. During 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 ...

he was selected to run in

for the National Rally and defeated

Christophe Lejeune Christophe Lejeune (; born 22 March 1968) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Haute-Saône. Political career In parliament, L ...

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Living people 1973 births Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 21st-century French politicians National Rally politicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Salmon, Emeric People from Vannes

Biography

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