Agnès Evren (; born 27 December 1970) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a

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for

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since

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. She was previously elected a

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(MEP) in

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Early life

Evren is of Turkish origin and grew up as one of nine children in her family.

Political career

Career in regional politics

Ahead of the

2014 Paris municipal election The 2014 Paris Municipal elections took place on 23 and 30 March 2014, at the same time as other 2014 French municipal elections, French municipal elections. Anne Hidalgo of the Socialist Party (France), Socialist Party was elected mayor of Pari ...

, Evren joined the campaign team of LR candidate

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as spokesperson. Evren served as

Valérie Pécresse Valérie Anne Émilie Pécresse (; Birth name, née Roux ; 14 July 1967) is a French politician who has been the President of the Regional Council (France), President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France since 2015. A member of The Republic ...

’s spokesperson when she ran in the 2015 regional elections. When Pécresse became head of the

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, she was elected one of its vice presidents, in charge of education and culture.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–2023

Evren became a member of the European Parliament in 2019. In parliament, she served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and on the

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Evren was part of the parliament's delegations for relations to

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and to the Parliamentary Assembly of the

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. She was also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development and the URBAN Intergroup. In 2018, Evren was named spokesperson for Pécresse's

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(SL) movement. Later that year, she left SL again to chair the Paris chapter of LR. Since the

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, Evren has been serving as a member of the

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, representing the city's

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. For the campaign, she received a public endorsement by

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. Ahead of the

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, LR chairman Christian Jacob appointed Evren and Gilles Platret as the party's spokespeople. She subsequently served as one of the spokespersons of Pécresse's campaign team. In 2023, Evren left the European Parliament and was replaced by Laurence Sailliet.

Member of the Senate, 2023–present

Evren was elected to be

for

in the

, during which The Republicans – led by

Bruno Retailleau Bruno Daniel Marie Paul Retailleau (; born 20 November 1960) is a French politician who has served as Minister of the Interior (France), Minister of the Interior and Minister of State in the Bayrou government, as well as the preceding Barnier gov ...

– emerged as the largest group for the fourth consecutive cycle. In the Republicans' 2025 leadership election, Evren endorsed Retailleau to succeed

Éric Ciotti Éric Ciotti ( or , ; born 28 September 1965) is a French politician who led The Republicans (LR) from 2022 to 2024. He has represented Alpes-Maritimes's 1st constituency in the National Assembly since the 2007 legislative election. Once a m ...

as the party's new chair.

Personal life

Evren is married and has two children.Virginie Le Guay (8 February 2019)
Les Républicains : Agnès Evren, de la ZUP à Bruxelles
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''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Evren, Agnes 1970 births Living people French people of Turkish descent MEPs for France 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for France Rally for the Republic politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) MEPs Politicians from Paris Councillors of Paris Members of the Regional Council of Île-de-France Senators of Paris Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni