Justine Benin

Justine Benin
Justine Benin at the Assembly, June 2017
Secretary of State for the Sea
In office
20 May 2022 – 4 July 2022
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterÉlisabeth Borne
Preceded byAnnick Girardin
Succeeded byHervé Berville
Parliamentary groupDVG, affiliated with MoDEM
Member of the National Assembly for Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency
In office
20 June 2017 – June 2022
Preceded byGabrielle Louis-Carabin
Succeeded byChristian Baptiste
Councillor, Regional Council of Guadeloupe
In office
5 March 2010 – 13 December 2015
PresidentVictorin Lurel
Personal details
Born (1975-03-12) 12 March 1975 (age 49)
Les Abymes (Guadeloupe)
Alma materFederal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

Justine Benin, (born 12 March 1975) is a French employment counsellor and politician who briefly served as Secretary of State for the Sea in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne in 2022.[1][2] She previously was a deputy in the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic for the 2nd constituency of Guadeloupe as part of the Miscellaneous left, affiliated with the Democratic Movement (MoDem).[3]

Political career

Born in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, Benin made her debut in politics at the municipal elections of 2008 by being elected to the Le Moule council on the list of Gabrielle Louis-Carabin, then a member of UMP.[4] At the 2010 regional elections, she was elected on the list of the socialist winner Victorin Lurel.[4]

The following year, during the cantonal elections she was elected general councillor in the canton of Moule-2, eliminating from the first round the outgoing socialist Christian Couchy.[4] She was re-elected at the 2015 departmental election, after the merger of the townships of the municipality in the new canton of Moule.[4]

On 17 June 2017, Benin was elected as a left-wing deputy for Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency, receiving 64.26% of the votes cast in the 2nd round against the LREM candidate Diana Peran.[5][3]

In May 2022, Benin was appointed Secretary of State for the Sea in the Borne government.[6] She lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.[7]

Bibliography

  • Justine Benin (2017). Ma méthode : l'exercice pratique du mandat local (in French). Éditions Graphica DL. ISBN 978-2-915095-31-9.

References

  1. ^ John Timsit (20 May 2022), Nouveau gouvernement : Justine Bénin, une ultramarine chargée de la Mer Le Figaro.
  2. ^ Remaniement : Hervé Berville, député Renaissance des Côtes-d’Armor, nommé secrétaire d’Etat à la mer Le Monde, 4 July.
  3. ^ a b "Résultats des élections législatives 2017" [Results of 2017 Legislative Election] (in French). Ministry of the Interior.
  4. ^ a b c d "Qui sont nos conseillers départementaux?". France-Antilles (in French). 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Justine Bénin élue député de la 2e circonscription" (in French). 17 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Justine Bénin entre au gouvernement d'Elisabeth Borne". RCI (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Législatives 2022 : Justine Benin, secrétaire d'État chargée de la Mer, battue en Guadeloupe". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.