Laura Slimani

Laura Slimani
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Slimani in 2014
President of Young European Socialists
In office
11 April 2015 – 7 April 2017
Preceded byKaisa Vatanen
Succeeded byJoão Albuquerque
Leader of the Young Socialist Movement
In office
17 November 2013 – 19 December 2015
Preceded byThierry Marchal-Beck
Succeeded byBenjamin Lucas
Personal details
Born (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 35)
Political partyThe Ecologists (since 2022)
Génération.s (2017–2022)
Socialist Party (2010–2017)

Laura Slimani (born 23 August 1989) is a French politician of The Ecologists. Since 2020, she has served as a deputy mayor of Rouen.[1] From 2013 to 2015, she was the leader of the Young Socialist Movement.[2] From 2015 to 2017, she served as president of Young European Socialists.[3] In the 2019 European Parliament election, she was a candidate for member of the European Parliament.[3]

Slimani joined the Socialist Party in 2010.[4] During the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary, she served as spokesperson for Benoît Hamon.[5] In September 2017, she left the Socialist Party and joined Hamon's newly founded Génération.s.[6] In the 2020 municipal elections, she ran alongside The Ecologists.[7] During the 2021 Green Party presidential primary, she supported Éric Piolle.[8]

  1. ^ "Municipales à Rouen. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, nouveau maire de Rouen". Ouest-France (in French). 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Laura Slimani quitte le PS à Rouen". Paris-Normandie (in French). 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Européennes (5) : qui sont les candidats issus du social (suite et fin) ?". Editions Législatives (in French). 24 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Laura Slimani, femme de convictions qui aime convaincre". La Voix du Nord (in French). 30 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Laura Slimani, la voix de Benoît Hamon". Ouest-France (in French). 6 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Rouen. L'élue rouennaise Laura Slimani quitte le Parti socialiste" (in French). Tendance Ouest. 30 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Élections municipales à Rouen : Laura Slimani de Génération.s rejoint les écologistes". Actu.fr (in French). 22 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Primaire EELV. Une cinquantaine d'élus normands apportent leur soutien à Eric Piolle". Paris-Normandie (in French). 9 September 2021.