François de Rugy
| François de Rugy | |
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| President of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 27 June 2017 |
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| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Claude Bartolone |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
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Assumed office 20 June 2007 |
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| Constituency | Loire-Atlantique's 1st constituency |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 December 1973 Nantes, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party |
REM (2017–present) PÉ (2015–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
EELV (2010–15) The Greens (1997–2010) GE (1991–94) |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
François Henri Goullet de Rugy (born 6 December 1973 in Nantes) is a French politician who has been President of the National Assembly of France since 2017. He represents the Loire-Atlantique department, originally as a member of the Democratic and Republican Left, a parliamentary group that includes his political party Europe Ecology – The Greens.
Reelected in 2012, he has been proclaimed co-president of the ecologist parliamentary group, in association with Barbara Pompili.
In 2015, he broke with EELV to form his own party, Écologistes!, which supported the administration of François Hollande. In 2016, he entered the Socialist Party presidential primary in which he secured 3.82% of votes in the first round, outstripping polls. Though he promised to support the winner of the primary, he reneged on that commitment in late February, instead backing Emmanuel Macron over primary winner Benoît Hamon, and was subsequently invested by En Marche! in the legislative elections.
On 27 June 2017, François de Rugy was elected President of the National Assembly, after being chosen as candidate by the REM parliamentary group with 353 votes (out of 577 MPs).
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