Sergio Coronado (born 13 May 1970) is a French politician, former member of the

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representing French residents overseas.

Biography

Early life

Sergio Coronado left

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with his family after the coup d'état of General Pinochet in 1973. He grew up in

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, and arrived in

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in 1982. At the end of 2008, he won a scholarship in political science, and moved to

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. He attends the

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, and joins the ADFE-Français du Monde association. On 20 February 2008, he published a biography devoted to

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published by Fayard Edition. In June 2012, on the occasion of the

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, he came out as gay on Twitter. This is the 2nd MP to do it publicly.

Political career

He joined the Greens in 1998, and joined the Executive College. He was re-elected for three successive terms in 2000, 2002 and 2004 in various capacities. He was notably co-spokesman of the party with

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from January 2005 to January 2008, after almost becoming national secretary at the Reims Federal Assembly in 2004. In 2002,

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chose him as director of communication and deputy campaign manager for his

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. From March 2001 to March 2008, he was the elected municipal of the

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on a list of rally of the left and ecologists. As

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, he was in charge of local democracy, associative life and neighborhood councils. At the 2011

Europe Ecology – The Greens The Ecologists – Europe Ecology The Greens (), commonly known as The Ecologists (, LE) and formerly as Europe Ecology The Greens ( , EELV ) until 2023, is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of th ...

primary, he was

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's campaign director. Once invested by the ecologists, she makes it one of its four spokespersons, alongside

José Bové Joseph "José" Bové (born 11 June 1953) is a French farmer, labor leader and alter-globalization activist, and spokesman for Via Campesina. He was one of the twelve official candidates in the 2007 French presidential election. He served in the ...

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and Michèle Rivasi, and its director of communication.

Member of the National Assembly

As part of an agreement between EELV and the PS, he is a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections for the Second constituency for French residents overseas. On 17 June 2012, he was elected. On 15 April 2015, he voted against Article 2 of the Intelligence Act. 5 May 2015, he votes against the whole of this same project. After the

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, Sergio Coronado is one of the six French deputies to vote against the extension of the States of emergency in France. On 30 November 2015, he is among the signatories of the Call of the 58: "We will demonstrate during the state of emergency". Supported by the

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and the

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, he is a candidate in the 2017 legislative elections for the Second constituency for French residents overseas. On 18 June 2017, he was eliminated in the second round, ahead of Paula Forteza, the REM candidate.

References

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Biography

Early life

Political career

Member of the National Assembly

See also

References