Jean François Mbaye

Jean François Mbaye
Member of the National Assembly for Val-de-Marne's 2nd constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Laurent Cathala
Succeeded by	Clémence Guetté
Personal details
Born	(1979-01-01) 1 January 1979 (age 46) Dakar, Senegal
Nationality	French
Political party	Renaissance

Jean François Mbaye is a Senegalese-born French politician of Renaissance (RE) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Val-de-Marne.[1]

Political career

In parliament, Mbaye served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[2] In addition to his committee assignments, he chaired the French-Gambian Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In early 2019, Mbaye received a racist letter in which the unnamed author promised him “a bullet in the head”; in response, he pressed charges.[3][4]

In 2020, Mbaye joined En Commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[5]

He lost his seat in the 2022 French legislative election.

Political positions

In July 2019, Mbaye was one of nine LREM members who voted against his parliamentary group's majority and opposed the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]

Other activities

• UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)[7]

See also

• 2017 French legislative election

References

1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. Jean François Mbaye French National Assembly.
3. Henrique Valadares (12 January 2019), French MPs face unprecedented death threats from 'Yellow Vest' protesters France 24.
4. Lara Marlowe (14 January 2019), Yellow vests' reactionary and populist traits not just a French problem Irish Times.
5. Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
6. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
7. "Members – Western & Central Europe". Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.