Antoine Léaument (born 4 September 1989) is a French politician of
La France Insoumise
La France Insoumise (LFI or FI; , ) is a left-wing political party in France. It was launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims to implement th ...
(LFI) who has been representing
Essonne's 10th constituency
The 10th constituency of Essonne is a French legislative Constituency (France), constituency in the Essonne departments of France, ''département''.
Description
The 10th constituency of Essonne was one of six additional seats created in 1988 to ...
in the
National Assembly
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since
2022
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.
In a tweet dated 31st January 2025, he called for the enforcement of "the law against the admirers of
Louis Capet", referring in a threatening tone to monarchists holding a commemoration of the executed
King
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Louis XVI, and called for a ban of the "Souvenir de Louis XVI", organisers of this commemoration in a letter to
Minister of the Interior
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,
Bruno Retailleau
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.
Personal life
Léaument is of
Belgian and
Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
descent.
See also
*
List of deputies of the 16th National Assembly of France
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References
1989 births
Living people
University of Poitiers alumni
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University alumni
People from Châteauroux
Politicians from Centre-Val de Loire
Members of Parliament for Essonne
Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
La France Insoumise politicians
French people of Belgian descent
French people of Italian descent
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