Marine Hamelet (born 13 July 1967) is a French politician who has represented the 2nd constituency of the

Tarn-et-Garonne Tarn-et-Garonne (; oc, Tarn e Garona ) is a department in the Occitania region in Southern France. It is traversed by the rivers Tarn and Garonne, from which it takes its name. The area was originally part of the former provinces of Quercy and ...

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in the

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since

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. She is a member of the

National Rally The National Rally (french: Rassemblement National, ; RN), until 2018 known as the National Front (french: link=no, Front National, ; FN), is a Far-right politics, far-rightAbridged list of reliable sources that refer to National Rally as fa ...

(RN).

Career

Hamelet holds a degree in law and a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in business studies. She worked as an executive for a sales company. In the 2022 legislative election, she stood as the

candidate in the 2nd constituency of

. Her campaign was notably supported by fellow National Rally politician

Romain Lopez Romain Lopez, (born 1989) is a French politician and the mayor of Moissac. Biography He was born in Moissac in 1989 and holds a master's degree in political science and another in history. Romain Lopez joined the Front National (since 2018 ...

, who has served as Mayor of

Moissac Moissac () is a commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The town is situated at the confluence of the rivers Garonne and Tarn at the Canal de Garonne. Route nationale N113 was constructed through the ...

since

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. She won the seat and succeeded

Sylvia Pinel Sylvia Pinel (born 28 September 1977) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 2016 to 2022, where she represented the 2nd constituency in the Tarn-et-Garonne department. Since 3 Sept ...

of the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socia ...

, who failed to qualify for the second round. Hamelet hereby became the first member of the National Assembly elected in Tarn-et-Garonne for the National Rally in history. In Parliament, she sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Personal life

She resides in

Saint-Orens-de-Gameville Saint-Orens-de-Gameville (, oc, Sent Orenç de Gamevila), also referred to as Saint-Orens, is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department, administrative region of Occitania, southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are know ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamelet, Marine 1967 births Living people National Rally (France) politicians Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Women members of the National Assembly (France) 21st-century French women politicians People from Tarn-et-Garonne Politicians from Occitania (administrative region)