Michaël Taverne (born 10 March 1979) is a French politician of the

National Rally The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...

. In 2022, he was elected to the

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for Nord's 12th constituency. Taverne graduated from

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with a qualification in STAPS (Bachelor of Science and Techniques of Physical and Sports Activities) and worked as a

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. He subsequently became a training and firearms instructor for the police at

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

central police station. He began his political career as an executive for

Debout la France Debout la France (, , DLF), originally called Debout la République (, , DLR), is a French political party founded by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in 1999 as the "genuine Gaullist" branch of the Rally for the Republic. It was relaunched again in 200 ...

and its leader

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (; born 7 March 1961), sometimes referred to by his initials NDA, is a French politician serving since 2008 as president of the minor party Debout la France. He was its only member in the National Assembly (France), Nationa ...

before joining the National Rally (RN) in 2019. According to Taverne, the RN is "the only political force that can bring people together" and "win ideas." During the

2022 French legislative election Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 Deputy (France), members of the 16th National Assembly (France), National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. Th ...

, Taverne contested the seat of Nord's 12th constituency and defeated

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deputy Anne-Laure Cattelot.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taverne, Michaël 1979 births Living people People from Maubeuge Politicians from Hauts-de-France Members of Parliament for Nord Debout la France politicians National Rally politicians Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French police officers