Félicie Gérard (born 28 January 1974) is a French politician. As a member of Horizons, she was elected member of parliament for Nord's 7th constituency in the

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and re-elected in

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Biography

Family origin

Félicie Gérard is a native of

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and her father is a farmer..

Education and family

Félicie Gérard has lived in the Capreau district of

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since 1999 and has two children. She has worked in the associative sector for many years, in scouting, as a parent of students and in associations which help seriously ill children with the ''Rêves'' and ''Relais des Rêves''. She was an industrial customer advisor at

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from 2007 to 2017. She was a project manager in this company in 2022, before her election as an MP.{

Political career

Félicie Gérard entered politics by becoming deputy to the mayor of Wasquehal, Stéphanie Ducret, following the 2014 municipal elections. However, on 22 June 2015, the

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cancels the elections of March 2014 following the appeal of Alexis Salmon, leader of the National Front list, for an administrative error resulting from the list of Marijan Frigout (

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) who came in second position in the second round. The municipal campaign once again saw eight party lists claiming to lead the city. Stéphanie Ducret's list wins these new elections. Félicie Gérard, was then deputy mayor in charge of community life. Following the 2020 municipal elections, which saw the victory of Stéphanie Ducret, Gérard became the sixth deputy mayor in charge of associations, participatory democracy and intercommunity. She was a member of the

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from 2015 to 2016 then of LREM until 2021. She then joined Horizons when it was founded as a political party. During the 2022 legislative elections, Félicie Gérard was a candidate in Nord's 7th constituency under the Together coalition. In the first round the incumbent

MP Valérie Six lost her seat. Félicie Gérard won the seat in the second round with 55.47% of the votes against Karima Chouia the candidate of

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. She announced that she would like to obtain an increase in the number of staff at the

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police station and would like to invest nationally in the theme of education. She sits in the

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within the Horizons and related group. During the

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, she was elected in the second round against two other candidates in a '.

Mandates

* Since 5 April 2014: deputy mayor of

* Since 22 June 2022: MP for Nord's 7th constituency

References

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