Paul Midy (born 25 January 1983) is a French business executive and politician. A member of

La République En Marche! Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...

(LREM), he is a

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of the

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for

Essonne Essonne () is a department of France in the southern Île-de-France region. It is named after the river Essonne. In 2019, it had a population of 1,301,659 across 194 communes.Fontainebleau Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...

. He studied at the

École polytechnique École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

and earned a Master's degree in

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from

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in the United States.

Business career

Midy worked for the American consulting firm

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from 2007 to 2014, rising to associate partner, then as an executive with the online retailer

Jumia Jumia is a Pan-African technology company that is built around a marketplace, logistics service and payment service. The logistics service enables the delivery of packages through a network of local partners while the payment services facilitat ...

; he was chief executive of

Jumia Travel Jumia Travel is an online travel agency providing online hotel reservations across the African continent. History Jumia Travel was founded in 2013 by the E-commerce platform Africa Internet Group (now Jumia, Jumia Group) and is backed by MTN, ...

, in 2017 became chief marketing officer of Jumia, and at its launch in early 2018 served as CEO of Jumia One, the company's payment app. In 2018 he became chief executive of the food delivery company .

Political career

Midy was a youth activist with the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

. He challenged the legality of support by the regional transport agency Syndicat des transports d'Ile-de-France for

Jean-Paul Huchon Jean-Paul Huchon (; born 29 July 1946) is a French retired civil servant and politician who served as Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine from 1994 to 2001 and President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France from 1998 until 2015. Biography ...

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re-election campaign as

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; in 2011 Huchon's re-election was allowed to stand, but he was ordered to return funds he had been paid in reimbursement of his campaign costs. He served briefly on the municipal council of Fontainebleau in opposition to his former party. Midy is a supporter of

Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France since 2017. ''Ex officio'', he is also one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra. Prior to his presidency, Macron served as Minister of Econ ...

; in 2017 he rejoined LREM, working with

Stanislas Guerini Stanislas Guerini (born 14 May 1982) is a French politician who is serving as Minister of Public Transformation and Service in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022. Prior to entering government, Guerini served as Execut ...

and becoming deputy director general in 2019 and director general in 2020. In the June 2022 national election, he was elected to the National Assembly, representing the 5th constituency of Essonne. He narrowly defeated

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, who had been elected in 2017 as a member of LREM but stood for re-election for the

New Ecological and Social People's Union 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 ...

References

External links

Campaign website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Midy, Paul Living people 1982 births 21st-century French politicians Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians Members of Parliament for Essonne People from Fontainebleau École Polytechnique alumni Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni

Business career

Political career

See also

References

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