Joëlle Mélin (born 26 March 1950) is a French politician who has represented the 9th constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône

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in the National Assembly since

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. A member of the

National Rally The National Rally (french: Rassemblement National, ; RN), until 2018 known as the National Front (french: link=no, Front National, ; FN), is a Far-right politics, far-rightAbridged list of reliable sources that refer to National Rally as fa ...

(RN), she previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2022.

Political career

Mélin, who graduated in medical education from Aix-Marseille University, joined the

(then National Front) in 1993. She held a seat in the

Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur The Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( French: ''Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur'') is the deliberative assembly of the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The regional council is made up of 123 regional c ...

from

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. Since

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, she has also been a

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Aubagne Aubagne (, ''Aubanha'' in Occitan language, Occitan according to the classic norm or ''Aubagno'' according to the Mistralian norm) is a Commune in France, commune in the southern French Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône. In ...

. Mélin was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for South-West France in

. Following her

election to the National Assembly in the 9th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône, she was succeeded by

Éric Minardi Éric Minardi (born 18 March 1956) is a French politician from the National Rally who has been a Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular represent ...

as an MEP.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Melin, Joelle 1950 births Living people MEPs for South-West France 2014–2019 National Rally (France) MEPs People from Versailles Aix-Marseille University alumni MEPs for France 2019–2024 21st-century French women politicians Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Bouches-du-Rhône Women members of the National Assembly (France) National Rally (France) politicians 21st-century women MEPs for France Members of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur French city councillors