Virginie Duby-Muller (born 16 August 1979) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been a member of the

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since the

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, representing Haute-Savoie's 4th constituency. Within her party, she has been serving as deputy chairwoman since 2019, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob.

Political career

In 1997, at the age of 18, Duby-Muller joined the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR), which would later become the UMP. Since joining the National Assembly in the

, Duby-Muller has been serving on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Ethiopian Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2013 until 2017, she was also part of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Duby-Muller endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of

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. When the primaries' winner

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became embroiled in a political affair during his campaign, she was one of the LR members who publicly called on him to step down. Since the

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, Duby-Muller has been serving as one of the eleven deputy chairpersons of the Republicans'

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, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob. In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Duby-Muller endorsed

Laurent Wauquiez Laurent Timothée Marie Wauquiez (; born 12 April 1975) is a French politician who has presided over the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes since 2016. He is a member of The Republicans (LR), which he led from 2017 to 2019 following the ...

as chairman and later became his campaign's spokesperson. She later endorsed Christian Jacob to succeed Wauquiez as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention.

Political positions

In July 2019, Duby-Muller voted against the French ratification of the

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(CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
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References

External links

Biography at the National Assembly
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