Ugo Bernalicis () is a French politician and represents the
department of Nord, in the
French National Assembly.
Biography
Early life
Ugo Bernalicis was born into a family close to the
communist movement, with a militant father, an elected grandfather and a great-grandfather who was deported to the Dachau concentration camp because of his political convictions. He grew up in the countryside near Arras.
Student at
Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III, Ugo Bernalicis commits to the
Union Nationale des Étudiants de France
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. He campaigns with the
Union of Communist Students and the
CGT-CROUS for the improvement of living conditions of students, and organizes a rent strike to fight against the unhealthy student residences Lille.
In September 2012, he joined the .
Political career
In 2007, Ugo Bernalicis joined the
Socialist Party
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and moved closer to
Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and
Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He co-led a movement within the Young Socialist Movement called The Socialist Offensive.
In 2008, he left the
Socialist Party
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with
Jean-Luc Mélenchon to continue his political commitment in his new organization, the
Left Party.
In March 2010, he was a candidate for
regional elections on the list of the
Left Front, with
Alain Bocquet as the head of the list. In March 2011, following an agreement with the
French Communist Party
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, he was a candidate of the
Left Front for
cantonal elections in the canton of Lille-Sud-Est and obtained 9.07% of the votes cast.
He was a candidate in the
2012 legislative elections in the
2nd constituency of Nord, supported by the
French Communist Party
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, the Communist Coordination, the
Unitary Left and the
Left Party, where he came in fourth place in the first round with 8.87% of votes.
He also ran in the
2015 regional elections in
Hauts-de-France, in 61st position on the list led by
Sandrine Rousseau (
Europe Ecology – The Greens
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,
Left Party,
New Deal
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), ranked fifth with 4.83% of the vote.
Member of the National Assembly
He was elected to the
French National Assembly
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on 18 June 2017, representing the
2nd constituency of Nord. He was second in votes in the first round, narrowly beating incumbent
Audrey Linkenheld, but behind
Houmria Berrada, the
LREM
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candidate, then easily won the second round.
In the
National Assembly
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, he sits on the Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee. He is a member of Special Commission to Consider the Bill for a State Serving a Trusted Society, member of the Working Group on Digital Democracy and New Forms of Citizen Participation and member of the mission of information on the ethics of the civil servants and the supervision of the conflicts of interest. He is secretary of the Public Policy Evaluation and Oversight Committee.
He is a Vice-President of
France
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-
Belgium
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Friendship Group.
See also
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2017 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by ...
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Nord's 2nd constituency
References
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1989 births
Living people
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
La France Insoumise politicians
Left Party (France) politicians
University of Lille Nord de France alumni
People from Arras
Members of Parliament for Nord