Typhanie Degois

Typhanie Degois
Degois in 2021
Member of the National Assembly for Savoie's 1st constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Dominique Dord
Succeeded by	Marina Ferrari
Personal details
Born	(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31) Fourmies, France
Political party	LR (since 2024)
Other political affiliations	UDI (2013–2014) LREM (2016–2024)
Alma mater	Panthéon-Assas University
Occupation	Jurist • Politician

Typhanie Degois (born 6 January 1993) is a French politician who represented Savoie's 1st constituency of in the National Assembly from 2017 until 2022.[1]

Early life and education

Degois was born in Northern France and moved to Savoie at the age of 7.[2] She graduated from Pantheon-Assas University with a master's degree in international business law.[3] Degois is a member of the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, an animal-rights group.[4]

Political career

Degois joined the centre-right Union of Democrats and Independents in 2013 but left after a year. Degois joined En Marche! the day after it was founded and established a chapter of the movement in Aix-les-Bains.[5] In the 2017 French legislative election, she was elected to the French Parliament with 50.76% of the vote in Savoie's 1st constituency, narrowly defeating Dominique Dord of The Republicans who had held the seat for the previous 20 years.[6] At age 24, she was the youngest member of the National Assembly of En Marche!, as well as the second youngest overall after Ludovic Pajot of the National Front.[7]

In Parliament, Degois served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[8] In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Monaco, the Central African Republic and Azerbaijan. As a parliamentarian, she grew increasingly critical of the La République En Marche group in the National Assembly, voting against key bills supported by a majority of her fellow party members. In May, she announced she would not seek reelection in the 2022 French legislative election.[9]

On the occasion of the 2022 French presidential election, Degois brought her sponsorship of deputy to Marine Le Pen.

In the 2024 French legislative elections, she was jointly invested as a candidate of the National Rally and The Republicans in Savoie's 1st constituency.[10]

Political positions

In July 2019, Degois voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[11]

References

1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
2. "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
3. French election: Macron team complete rout with Assembly win, BBC News, 19 June 2017.
4. "Typhanie Degois (SAvoie) La benjamine amie des animaux". Retrieved 27 June 2017.
5. "Typhanie Degois, 24 ans, plus jeune candidate investie par En Marche". 23 May 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
6. "Législatives : à seulement 24 ans, la jeune macroniste Typhanie Degois devient la benjamine de la majorité". 19 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
7. BFMTV. "Nés en 1993, ils sont les deux benjamins de l'Assemblée". BFMTV. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
8. Typhanie Degois French National Assembly.
9. "Sans surprise, la députée sortante Typhanie Degois jette l'éponge", hebdo-des-savoie.com (in French), 18 May 2022.
10. Torres, Jules (16 June 2024). "INFO JDD. Législatives : l'ancienne députée macroniste Typhanie Degois candidate sous la bannière LR-RN". Le Journal du Dimanche. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
11. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés, Le Monde.