Frédéric Mathieu (; born 6 November 1977) is a French politician. A member of

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, he was elected Member of Parliament for

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in the

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supported by NUPES. Mathieu intended to stand again in the

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. With the founding of the

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, he was not re-nominated.

Biography

Early life

Frédéric Mathieu is the son of a

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father and a

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mother from the Paris region. Born in

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, in

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. He moved to

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at the age of 12 with his family. He studied economics at

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. His activist activity began in the 2000s within the

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. However, he left after the party leaders voted in favour of the

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to join the Left Party co-founded by

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, then joinerd

. A civil service executive at the Ministry of the Armed Forces, specializing in the control of public arms markets. He was also a trade unionist and a member of the CGT.

Member of Parliament

In the

, he was a candidate in

, under the colours of NUPES. He came first in the first round with 39.27% of the votes ahead of Hind Saoud of the Presidential majority ( LREM - ENS), whom he beat in the second round with 52.62% of the votes. As an MP, he sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee. In addition to defending the common program of the NUPES, he cites two subjects on which he wishes to invest in particular within the LFI group: “the first is the trade in arms which are today treated as a commodity like the others which is an aberration in terms of geopolitical stability in the world. The second subject is

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in the world of work where women are treated as underworkers”. He fired his Bérénice Alaterre following, according to him, testimonies from his colleagues who accused Bérénice Alaterre of degrading and sexualizing comments, the latter then filed a complaint against him for moral harassment. During the 2024 legislative elections, La France insoumise refused the nomination to five “rebels”: Danielle Simonnet, Raquel Garrido, Alexis Corbière and Hendrik Davi. Comedian , recently fired from

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, was approached by LFI to replace him, but faced with his refusal, it was ultimately Marie Mesmeur, companion of MP Louis Boyard, who was chosen. Marie Mesmeur, who was a candidate in the

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, received the LFI nomination in

but Mathieu initially decided to maintain his candidacy. He finally withdrew “for lack of a substitute”.

Mandates

* Deputy for

(2022-2024)

References

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