Justine Benin, (born 12 March 1975) is a French employment counsellor and politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for the Sea in the

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Élisabeth Borne Élisabeth Borne (; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance. A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...

in 2022. She previously was a deputy in the

15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic The 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic (french: XVe législature de la Cinquième République française) was the French Parliament that was in office from 27 June 2017 (following the legislative elections on 11 and 18 June 2017) unt ...

for the 2nd constituency of

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

as part of the

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, affiliated with the

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(MoDem).

Political career

Born in

Les Abymes Les Abymes () is the most populous commune in the French overseas region and department of Guadeloupe, in the Lesser Antilles. It is located on the west side of the island of Grande-Terre, and is part of the largest metropolitan area of Guadel ...

, Benin made her debut in politics at the municipal elections of 2008 by being elected to the

Le Moule Le Moule ( gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Moul) is the sixth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the northeast side of the island of Grande-Terre. History Beginning 1635 with the arrival of the French ...

council on the list of

Gabrielle Louis-Carabin Gabrielle Louis-Carabin (born February 20, 1946 in Le Moule, Guadeloupe) was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency from 2002 to 2017 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Referencesp ...

, then a member of UMP. At the 2010 regional elections, she was elected on the list of the socialist winner

Victorin Lurel Victorin Lurel ( ; born 20 August 1951 in Vieux-Habitants, Guadeloupe) is a French politician who represented the 4th district of Guadeloupe in the French National Assembly from 2002 to 2012. He also served as the President of the Regional ...

. The following year, during the cantonal elections she was elected general councillor in the canton of Moule-2, eliminating from the first round the outgoing socialist Christian Couchy. She was re-elected at the 2015 departmental election, after the merger of the townships of the municipality in the new canton of Moule. On 17 June 2017, Benin was elected as a left-wing deputy for

Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency The 2nd constituency of Guadeloupe is a French legislative constituency in Guadeloupe, an insular region of France France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in ...

, receiving 64.26% of the votes cast in the 2nd round against the

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candidate Diana Peran. In May 2022, Benin was appointed Secretary of State for the Sea in the

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. She lost her seat in the first round of the

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External links

Her page on the site of the National Assembly

Her page
on the

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