Pierre-Henri Dumont
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Pierre-Henri Dumont | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Yann Capet |
| Succeeded by | Marc de Fleurian |
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| Born | 7 October 1987 Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France |
| Political party | UMP (2009-2015) LR (since 2015) NF (since 2022) |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po |
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 education
[edit]Dumont 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 career
[edit]Career in local politics
[edit]Dumont served as Mayor of Marck from 2014 to 2017.[4]
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present
[edit]Dumont 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 positions
[edit]In 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
[edit]- ^ "Pierre-Henri DUMONT - Député de la 7ème circonscription du Pas-de-Calais - Conseiller municipal de Marck". www.phdumont.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Peter Nicholls and Natalie Thomas (August 10, 2020), More migrants cross Channel to Britain as political tension rises Reuters.
- ^ Alexandre Pedro (22 March 2023), Qui est vraiment Pierre-Henri Dumont, le frondeur de la droite Le Monde.
- ^ "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". www.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Législatives : Pierre-Henri Dumont (LR) élu à Calais face à Philippe Olivier (FN)". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Pierre-Henri Dumont National Assembly.
- ^ La jeune garde des députés LR soutient Christian Jacob Le Journal du Dimanche, 7 July 2019.
- ^ Eric Ciotti élu président du parti Les Républicains Le Monde, 11 December 2022.
- ^ "Législatives 2024 : Marc de Fleurian est élu député de la 7e circonscription". Nord Littoral (in French). 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Patel's migrant boat claims labelled 'fake news'". BBC News. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Nine migrant boats intercepted with 125 on board". BBC News. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "La ministre britannique de l'Intérieur reproche à la France de ne pas intercepter les bateaux de migrants". InfoMigrants (in French). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "End this exploitation at the border". The Telegraph. 6 August 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont reacts to Boris Johnson's plan after Channel deaths - CNN Video, 26 November 2021, retrieved 27 November 2021
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