Philippe Kemel (born 28 June 1948) is a French politician who is the mayor of

Carvin Carvin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some northeast of Lens, completely encircled by the N17 and ...

and a former member of the

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. He is a member of the

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Early life

Kemel was born in

Emmerin Emmerin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of ...

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. Kemel completed his secondary education at Gondecourt High School and studied

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

and

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the measurement, processing, and communication of financial and non financial information about economic entities such as businesses and corporations. Accounting, which has been called the "languag ...

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the No ...

. An economist and sociologist by training, he teaches logistic economics at the

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from th ...

and also does accounting for companies.

Political career

Kemel joined the Socialist Party in 1974 at the time of the first candidacy of

François Mitterrand François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...

. He had been a member of the Unified Socialist Party. Since 1977, Kemel has been a candidate on the municipal list in Carvin. He was elected to the union list of the left for the first time in 1983 and since then has been an elected official. He was elected

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at the 2001 municipal elections. PHOTO DE CAMPAGNE

He served on the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais from 2000 to 2012, he is vice-president of high schools from 2004 and learning from 2010, chaired by

Daniel Percheron Daniel Percheron (born 31 August 1942 in Beauvais, Oise) is a French politician who has served in the Senate of France, representing the Pas-de-Calais department, since 1983. He is a member of the Socialist Party, and was president Pres ...

. Kemel stood for the

in the

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. He was elected MP on 17 June 2012 in

Pas-de-Calais's 11th constituency The 11th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais is a French legislative constituency in the Pas-de-Calais ''département''. It elects one ''député'' to the National Assembly. It has been represented by Marine Le Pen since 2017. Description Fo ...

, after a high-profile campaign where he beat Left Front

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Jean-Luc Mélenchon Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon (; born 19 August 1951) is a French politician who was a member of the National Assembly for the 4th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2017 to 2022. He led the ''La France Insoumise'' group in the Nation ...

in the first round and won a very slim victory of 118 votes over

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its ...

in the second round. Kemel stood for re-election at the

2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by ...

but was defeated decisively in the first round, winning just 10% of votes. In the second round, his seat was won by

. Following the election of Jean-Pierre Corbisez in the

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, he was nominated as a candidate to succeed him at the head of the agglomeration, following an internal vote in the majority group, but was defeated by Christophe Pilch. Déclaration de candidature de Philippe Kemel

Déclaration de candidature de Philippe Kemel

Mandates

* Mayor of Carvin since 19 March 2001 *

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for the eleventh district of Pas-de-Calais from 20 June 2012 to 20 June 2017 * Vice-Chairman of the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais until December 2012.

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