Delphine Bagarry
{{short description|French politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{infobox Politician
| name = Delphine Bagarry
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency
| term_start = 21 June 2017
| term_end = 21 June 2022
| predecessor = Gilbert Sauvan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|01|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lyon, France
| nationality = French
| party = La République En Marche! (2016-2020),
Ecology Democracy Solidarity (2020),
The New Democrats (2020 onwards)
| profession = Physician
| successor = Christian Girard
}}
Delphine Bagarry (born 9 January 1970) is a French emergency physician[https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/03/02/retraites-hubert-julien-laferriere-et-delphine-bagarry-quittent-le-groupe-lrm-a-l-assemblee_6031584_823448.html Le groupe LRM perd deux députés, mécontents du recours au 49.3 pour la réforme des retraites] Le Monde, 2 March 2020. and politician who was the National Assembly deputy for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence's 1st constituency from 2017 to 2022.{{Cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/004/00401.html |title=Elections législatives 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |work=Ministry of the Interior |language=French}}
Political career
Having previously been affiliated with the Socialist Party, Bagarry joined LREM in 2016.Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), [https://www.liberation.fr/apps/2017/07/galaxie-macron-assemblee/ La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée] Libération.
In parliament, Bagarry served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-Vanuatu Parliamentary Friendship Group.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA718744 Delphine Bagarry] French National Assembly.
In 2018, Bagarry joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-saudi-arms/ahead-of-saudi-prince-visit-macron-lawmaker-asks-for-inquiry-over-french-arms-sales-idUSKCN1HC2N9 Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales] Reuters. In 2019, she was one of five members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalize the distribution and use of cannabis.Harriet Agnew (20 June 2019), [https://www.ft.com/content/df0c4b88-936c-11e9-aea1-2b1d33ac3271 French MPs push to legalise distribution and use of cannabis] Financial Times.Marylou Magal (19 June 2019), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/les-deputes-lrem-person-et-tache-favorables-a-la-legalisation-du-cannabis-20190619 Les députés LREM Person et Taché favorables à la légalisation du cannabis] Le Figaro.
In March 2020, Bagarry left LREM after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced he would push through a controversial pensions bill by executive decree.[https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/03/02/retraites-hubert-julien-laferriere-et-delphine-bagarry-quittent-le-groupe-lrm-a-l-assemblee_6031584_823448.html Le groupe LRM perd deux députés, mécontents du recours au 49.3 pour la réforme des retraites] Le Monde, 2 March 2020.[http://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20200303-france-philippe-faces-votes-no-confidence-over-pension-reform-decree-49-3-strike French PM faces confidence vote ahead of fresh pension reform protests] Radio France Internationale, 3 March 2020. In May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.
By June 2020, Bagarry and five other ex-LREM deputies announced the establishment of #Nous Demain, a "humanist, ecologist and feminist" political movement.[https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-depute-aurelien-tache-et-d-autres-ex-marcheurs-creent-leur-mouvement-politique-20200628 Le député Aurélien Taché et d'autres ex-Marcheurs créent leur mouvement politique] Le Figaro, 28 June 2020.
In December 2020 she joined The New Democrats.{{cite web |first=Sarah|last=Paillou |title=INFO JDD. "#NousDemain" : le nouveau parti des ex-macronistes, emmenés par Aurélien Taché |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/info-jdd-nous-demain-le-nouveau-parti-des-ex-macronistes-emmenes-par-aurelien-tache-3977717 |date=27 June 2020 |website={{ill|Le Journal du dimanche|fr}} |access-date=15 April 2021|language=fr}}
In the 2022 French legislative election, Bagarry stood as a NUPES candidate. She lost her seat in the second round to Christian Girard from the National Rally.{{Cite web |title=Elections législatives 2022 |url=https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2022/004/00401.html |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr}}
See also
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Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Renaissance (French political party) politicians
Category:Politicians from Lyon