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Pierre-Henri Dumont
Pierre-Henri Dumont (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi dymɔ̃]; born 7 October 1987) is a French politician. His longest tenure in a national legislature was for the Republicans (French language: Les Républicains). Elected member of the National Assembly from June 2017 to 7 July 2024, he represented the Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency.[1] This focusses on the port town/city of Calais and it was regained by a party's candidate further to the right wing of politics.[2] Early life and educationDumont is a graduate of Sciences Po in Paris. During his studies, he completed a year abroad at Johns Hopkins University and an internship in the office of Carolyn McCarthy at the United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.[3] Political careerCareer in local politicsDumont served as Mayor of Marck from 2014 to 2017.[4] Member of the National Assembly, 2017–presentDumont was elected to the French Parliament in 2017,[5] defeating National Rally Member of the European Parliament, Philippe Olivier in the second round.[6] In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. Since 2019, Dumont has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[7] Dumont endorsed Christian Jacob as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention,[8] and later supported Aurélien Pradié’s candidacy to succeed Jacob in 2022; in the second round of voting, he eventually supported Éric Ciotti.[9] He was reelected in the 2022 election. In the 2024 election, he lost his seat in the second round to National Rally's Marc de Fleurian.[10] Political positionsIn the summer of 2020, Dumont disputed the claims of Priti Patel, the British Home Secretary that French authorities were not stopping migrants from leaving France and crossing the English Channel.[11][12][13] Dumont blamed British law for the situation.[14] After the November 2021 English Channel disaster, Dumont spoke to CNN and criticized Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[15] References
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