Edwige Diaz
Edwige Diaz | |
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.jpg) Edwige Diaz in 2021 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Gironde's 11th constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Véronique Hammerer |
| Member of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| President | Alain Rousset |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1987 Marseille, France |
| Political party | National Rally |
Edwige Diaz (born 15 October 1987) is a French politician of the National Rally.
Biography
[edit]Edwige Diaz was born on 15 October 1987. Her grandfather was a Spaniard and a communist activist.[1] After leaving high school, Diaz studied for a Master's degree in Spanish.[2]
Diaz was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement at college before joining the National Rally.[3] In June 2017, as a National Rally candidate for the legislative election in the Gironde's 11th constituency (north of Bordeaux), she obtained 23.7% of votes in the first round, and then 42.98% in the second round, losing to LREM's Véronique Hammerer.[4]
She is a regional councillor of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.[5]
In 2020, she was a candidate in the municipal elections of Saint-Savin.[5][6] She received 43.80% of the vote.[7]
In 2021, she was the candidate of her party to lead the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.[8] During the 2022 French legislative election, she was elected to the National Assembly for Gironde's 11th constituency defeating Véronique Hammerer and elected in the first round in the 2024 French legislative election.
References
[edit]- ^ "Edwige Diaz". bfmtv.com (in French).
- ^ Ivanne Trippenbach (2022-06-17). "Edwige Diaz, la savante conquête de l'Ouest du Rassemblement national". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- ^ "Elections régionales 2021 : Edwige Diaz, une inconnue portée par l'étiquette RN". lemonde.fr. 14 June 2021.
- ^ "En Gironde, amorce d'un rapprochement entre des élus FN et de droite". lopinion.fr (in French). 2 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Municipales : la secrétaire départementale du RN Edwige Diaz candidate à Saint-Savin-de-Blaye". sudouest.fr (in French). 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Municipales : la patronne du Rassemblement National Gironde à la conquête de Saint-Savin-de-Blaye face au maire sortant". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr (in French). 24 January 2020.
- ^ "Municipales en Gironde : la RN Edwige Diaz perd son pari à Saint-Savin". sudouest.fr (in French). 15 March 2020.
- ^ Vincent Trouche (27 January 2021). "La Girondine Edwige Diaz sera la tête de liste du RN aux élections régionales en Nouvelle-Aquitaine". sudouest.fr (in French).
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Women members of the National Assembly (France)
- Members of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- French people of Spanish descent
- National Rally politicians
- 21st-century French women politicians
- Politicians from Marseille