Murielle Lepvraud

Murielle Lepvraud is a French politician. A member of La France Insoumise, she currently serves as National Assembly deputy for Côtes-d'Armor's 4th constituency.

Biography

Lepvraud was born on 15 July 1974 in Loudéac, in the Côtes-d'Armor department, in Brittany.^[1]

She began her involvement in politics following the 2005 French European Constitution referendum.^[2]

In 2016, she joined the newly-founded left-wing party La France Insoumise, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon. In the 2017 French legislative election, she ran in Côtes-d'Armor's 4th constituency with LFI, finishing in third place with 11% of the vote.

She presented herself as a candidate for LFI, as part of the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) coalition, in the 2022 French legislative election. Tangui Kazumba served as her electoral substitute.^[3] In her campaign, she called for a shift away from industrial agriculture towards more sustainable agriculture and called for an end to austerity, including the planned healthcare cuts in her region.^[4] In the first round of the election, she more than doubled her vote share from 2017, finishing with 27,21% of the vote and making it to the second round.^[5] In the second round, she finished with 53,42% of the vote, defeating incumbent La République En Marche! deputy Yannick Kerlogot.^[6]

She currently sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee.

References

1. Assemblée Nationale. "Mme Murielle Lepvraud - Côtes-d'Armor (4e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale" (in French). .assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
2. Launay, Pauline (20 June 2022). "Législatives 2022. Qui est Murielle Lepvraud, la nouvelle députée de la circo de Guingamp ?". Ouest-France. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
3. Menguy, Fabienne (23 May 2022). "ENTRETIEN. Législatives à Guingamp. Murielle Lepvraud, candidate de La France insoumise". Actu.fr. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
4. Le Pivert, Fanch (30 May 2022). "Elections législatives : Muriel Lepvraud, candidate de la Nouvelle Union populaire à Guingamp". Actu.fr. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
5. ""Je n'ai jamais été aussi emmerdé": dans la 4e circonscription des Côtes-d'Armor, des électeurs désemparés – Libération". Liberation.fr. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
6. "" Que du bonheur ! " : la joie après la victoire de Murielle Lepvraud aux législatives à Guingamp - Elections Législatives - Le Télégramme". Letelegramme.fr. 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2022-07-29.