Sébastien Chenu (born 13 April 1973) is a French politician serving as the member of the
National Assembly
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for the
19th constituency of
Nord
Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
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since 2017. A former member of the
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Soci ...
(UMP), he has also been a spokesman of the
National Rally
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(RN, until 2018 named National Front) since 2017 under the leadership of
Marine Le Pen
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. He is currently serving as vice-president of the
French National Assembly.
Career
Openly homosexual, Chenu founded
GayLib
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, then the
LGBT
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The LGBT term i ...
wing of the
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Soci ...
(UMP), today part of the
Union of Democrats and Independents
The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a centre to centre-right political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary grou ...
(UDI). He joined the
National Front (FN) after the UMP attempted to kill
Law 2013-404 )
, citation ACT No. 2013-404 of 17 May 2013, territorial_extent = French Republic
, enacted_by = Parliament of France
, date_passed = 23 April 2013
, date_signed = 17 May 2013
, signed_by = President ...
, which legalised
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being Mexico, constituting ...
, claiming that the UMP had become "the French
Tea Party
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".
Chenu was a vice president of the
Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis
The Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis is a '' communauté d'agglomération'' located in the Oise department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Its seat is in the town Beauvais. It was created on 1 January 2017 by merger of th ...
from 2001 to 2014, when he served as a deputy to Mayor
Caroline Cayeux of
Beauvais
Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris.
The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populo ...
. Since 2016, he has been a regional councillor of
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...
. In the
2017 legislative election, he was elected to the
National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the rep ...
in the
19th constituency of
Nord
Nord, a word meaning "north" in several European languages, may refer to:
Acronyms
* National Organization for Rare Disorders, an American nonprofit organization
* New Orleans Recreation Department, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Film and televis ...
.
For the
2021 regional election, Chenu was chosen to lead the National Rally list in
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...
.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chenu, Sébastien
1973 births
Living people
People from Beauvais
Politicians from Hauts-de-France
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
LGBT legislators in France
National Rally (France) politicians
Gay politicians
French LGBT rights activists
LGBT conservatism