Nathalie Bassire (born 22 January 1968) is a French politician of Republicans (LR) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2024, representing Réunion's 3rd constituency.[1]

Nathalie Bassire
Member of the French National Assembly for Réunion's 3rd constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024
Preceded byJean-Jacques Vlody
Personal details
Born (1968-01-22) 22 January 1968 (age 56)
Saint-Pierre, Réunion
NationalityFrench
Political partyLR

Political career

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Bassire is a municipal councillor for Le Tampon, and since 2008 a member of the General Council of Réunion. Since 2015 she has also been a member of the regional council.

In parliament, Bassire serves on the Sustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee.[2]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Bassire publicly declared her support for Valérie Pécresse as the Republicans’ candidate.[3] She was re-elected at the 2022 French legislative election.[4]

She ran for re-election in the 2022 legislative elections[5] and was re-elected in the second round with 51.87% of the votes cast.[6] On June 28, 2022, she ran for president of the National Assembly for the Libertés, indépendants, outre-mer et territoires group and received 16 votes.[7]

In the 2024 election, she came third in the first round, and lost her seat.

References

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  1. ^ Ministère de l'Intérieur. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of the legislative elections, 2017] (in French).
  2. ^ Nathalie Bassire National Assembly.
  3. ^ Ludovic Vigogne (7 October 2021), Présidentielle: la liste des 50 premiers parlementaires qui soutiennent Valérie Pécresse L'Opinion.
  4. ^ "Résultats législatives 2022 : Nathalie Bassire est réélue députée de la 3ème circonscription de La Réunion". Réunion la 1ère (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  5. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022". Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  6. ^ "Résultats législatives 2022 : Nathalie Bassire est réélue députée de la 3ème circonscription de La Réunion - Réunion la 1ère". 19 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  7. ^ "Yaël Braun-Pivet élue présidente de l'Assemblée nationale". Retrieved 2023-02-22.
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