Muriel Ressiguier (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician formerly of
La France Insoumise
La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims ...
. She was elected to the
French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the
department of
Hérault
Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.[Member of Parliament
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for
Hérault's 2nd constituency.
Ressiguier began her political career as an anti-
Gulf War
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activist. In September 2020, she joined the
Ensemble! group. Disillusioned with
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 ...
, Ressiguier ran 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 ...
as a
miscellaneous left
Miscellaneous left (', ''DVG'') in France refers to left-wing candidates who are not members of any party or a member of party that has no elected seats. They include either small left-wing parties or dissidents expelled from their parties for ru ...
candidate. She was eliminated in the first round, coming in fifth place,
losing her seat to the new candidate
La France Insoumise
La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims ...
Nathalie Oziol.
See also
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List of deputies of the 15th National Assembly of France
References
1977 births
Living people
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
La France Insoumise politicians
Left Party (France) politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
21st-century French women politicians
Members of Parliament for Hérault
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