Naïma Moutchou (born 4 November 1980) is a French lawyer and politician of Horizons who has been serving as a member of the

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since the

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, representing the department of

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Early life and education

Moutchou was born to Moroccan parents who arrived in France in 1961. From 2010, Moutchou practiced business and media law for nearly ten years. At the same time, she volunteered as a lawyer with

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(LICRA).

Political career

Since entering parliament, Moutchou has been serving on the

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, where she was her parliamentary group's coordinator from 2017 until 2019. In this capacity, she was the parliament's

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on legislation combating

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in November 2018. In addition to her committee assignments, Moutchou is a member of the French-Moroccan Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Serbian Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2018 until 2021, she was also one of six Assembly members who serve as judges of the

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. After

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's appointment to the

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in March 2019, Moutchou briefly served as first vice chair of the LREM parliamentary group under the leadership of chairman

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; she was replaced by Marie Lebec in September 2019. In addition to LREM, Moutchou joined the Horizons party in 2021. Since 2022, Moutchou has been serving as a vice-president of the National Assembly, under the leadership of president

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Political positions

In July 2019, Moutchou voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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’s

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(CETA) with

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. When leading LREM member

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withdrew support in 2021 for one of the party’s own candidates, Sarah Zemmahi, after she wore a

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in a campaign poster, Moutchou criticized him for “discrimination.”

Other activities

* National Institute for Advanced Studies in Security and Justice (INHESJ), Member of the Board of Directors (2017–2020)Naïma Moutchou

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moutchou, Naima 1980 births Living people People from Ermont Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians Horizons (political party) politicians 21st-century French women politicians Women members of the National Assembly (France) French people of Moroccan descent Members of Parliament for Val-d'Oise

Early life and education

Political career

Political positions

Other activities

See also

References