Steeve Briois
| Steeve Briois | |
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Briois in 2014
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| Leader of the National Front Interim |
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Assumed office 28 April 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-François Jalkh (interim) |
| Mayor of Hénin-Beaumont | |
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Assumed office 30 March 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Eugène Binaisse |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2014 |
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| Constituency | North-West France |
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28 November 1972 (age 44) Seclin, Nord |
| Political party | National Front (1988–present) |
| Occupation | French politician who is one of the vice-presidents of Front National |
Steeve Briois (born 28 November 1972) is a French politician who is Interim Leader of the National Front. In 2014, he was elected mayor of Hénin-Beaumont and member of the European Parliament. From 2011 to 2014 he served as general-secretary of Front National. He was a member of the Regional council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais from 1998 to 2014.
He has served as Interim leader of the National Front since 28 April 2017, after previous interim leader Jean-François Jalkh stepped down.
Briois was born in Seclin, Nord, where his father was a worker and his mother a bookkeeper. His parents later divorced. Fascinated by Jean-Marie Le Pen, he became a member of Front National at the age of 16. After finishing a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur, Briois worked for a period as a salesman for Numericable.
In 1995 Briois became a member of the municipal council in Hénin-Beaumont, and in 1998 a member of the regional council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. When Bruno Mégret broke from Front National in 1998, Briois followed him, but returned to FN in 2000.
In the 2008 French municipal elections, Briois ran for mayor in Hénin-Beaumont on a list which had Marine Le Pen in second spot. Receiving 28.83% of the votes, the bid failed in its first round, with the list getting 5 of the 35 seats in the municipal council.
The elected mayor, Gérard Dalongeville, resigned from his post in 2009 following allegations of economic irregularities, resulting in a by-election. The list of Briois obtained 39.34% of the votes in the first round of that election, but lost in the second round with 47.62% of the votes to a miscellaneous left list which obtained 52.38%.
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