Raphaël Schellenberger (born February 14, 1990 in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

) is a French politician of the Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since the

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, representing Haut-Rhin's 2nd constituency,

Political career

Schellenberger was elected to the National Assembly at the relatively young age of 27, having previously served as mayor of

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. In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs.Raphaël Schellenberger
French National Assembly. In this capacity, he was the parliament's co-rapporteur (alongside Bruno Questel) on territorial reforms in 2019. From 2018 until 2020, he was also a member of the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to his committee assignments, Schellenberger is part of the French-Austrian Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the French delegation to the

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. In 2018, the Republicans' chair

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included Schellenberger in his shadow cabinet. Ahead of the party's 2022 convention, he initially endorsed

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as new chairman; in the second round of voting, he eventually supported Éric Ciotti. In 2023, Ciotti appointed Schellenberger as member of his shadow cabinet and put him in charge of energy policy.

Political positions

In July 2019, Schellenberger voted against the French ratification of the

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(CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schellenberger, Raphael 1990 births Living people Politicians from Mulhouse The Republicans (France) politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Mayors of places in Grand Est Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic