Idir Boumertit
{{Short description|French politician (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Idir Boumertit
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|4 October 1974}}
| nationality = French
| party = PRG (?–2008)
PG (since 2008)
LFI (since 2016)
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Rhône's 14th constituency
| term_start = 22 June 2022
| term_end =
| legislature = 16th legislature of the French Fifth Republic
| parliamentarygroup = La France Insoumise group
| predecessor = Yves Blein
| office1 = Deputy Mayor of Vénissieux
| termstart1 = 18 March 2001
| termend1 = 1 July 2022
| office2 = Lyon Metropolitan Councilor
| termstart2 = 2 July 2020
| termend2 = 1 July 2022
| president2 = Bruno Bernard
}}
Idir Boumertit (born 4 October, 1974 in Lyon) is a French politician and member of La France insoumise (LFI). He has been deputy for the fourteenth constituency of Rhône since 2022.
Biography
A native of the Minguettes district, Vénissieux, Idir Boumertit is a vocational integration advisor and taekwondo coach.{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022. Qui est Idir Boumertit, le nouveau député de la 14e circonscription du Rhône? |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/elections/2022/06/19/il-avait-remplace-taha-bouhafs-qui-est-idir-boumertit-le-nouveau-depute-de-la-14e-circonscription-du-rhone |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=www.leprogres.fr |language=FR-fr}} He was elected municipal councillor and deputy mayor of Vénissieux (2001-2022) and re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. From 2020 to 2022, he has also been a councillor for the Lyon metropolitan authority, as part of the "Métropole insoumise, résiliente et solidaire" group,{{Cite web |title=Idir Boumertit : Conseiller membre de la Commission Permanente - Métropole insoumise, résiliente et solidaire - La Métropole de Lyon |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.grandlyon.com/elus/idir-boumertit.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=archive.wikiwix.com}} where he sits on the Economic Development, Digital, Integration and Employment Commission, and the Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy Commission.
Initially a member of the Radical Left Party, he joined the Left Party in 2008.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
Approached in spring 2022 by the Union Populaire to represent La France Insoumise in the next elections, Idir Boumertit had declined the proposal.{{Cite web |last=Mag |first=Lyon |date=2022-05-11 |title=Lyon Mag |url=https://www.lyonmag.com/article/122931/legislatives-la-france-insoumise-investit-idir-boumertit-pour-remplacer-taha-bouhafs |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Lyon Mag |language=fr-FR}} With the creation of the Nouvelle Union Populaire Ecologique et Sociale (NUPES), the nomination of the candidate for the fourteenth constituency of the Rhône was very eventful.{{Cite web |last=Oliveira |first=Bertrand Enjalbal |date=2022-06-19 |title=Idir Boumertit, nouveau député de Vénissieux et de la 14e circonscription |url=https://www.rue89lyon.fr/2022/06/19/idir-boumertit-depute-venissieux-14e-circonscription/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Rue89Lyon |language=fr-FR}} Two candidates, Michèle Picard (mayor of Vénissieux and member of the PCF) and journalist Taha Bouhafs of La France insoumise claimed the nomination. Bouhafs was nominated as the official NUPES candidate, but after accusations of sexism and sexual violence were made against him, he was eventually forced to withdraw. Idir Boumertit, deputy mayor of Vénissieux, thus became the new candidate designated by NUPES for the 2022 legislative elections.{{Cite web |last=Escalona |first=Fabien |title=Législatives : à Vénissieux, Idir Boumertit est plus qu'un " plan B " pour la Nupes |url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/080622/legislatives-venissieux-idir-boumertit-est-plus-qu-un-plan-b-pour-la-nupes |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=Mediapart |date=8 June 2022 |language=fr}}
In these elections, he came first in the first round, with 35.76% of the votes cast, ahead of incumbent Yves Blein, who ran for the Ensemble group. In the second round, he won the duel with 56.69% of the votes cast.{{Cite web |title=Rhône (69) : Résultat des élections législatives 2022 |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/rhone-69/elections |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}
See also
References
External links
- [https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA794938 National Assembly]
- [https://www.hatvp.fr/fiche-nominative/?declarant=boumertit-idir-24344 High Authority for the Transparency of Public Life]
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Category:Radical Party of the Left politicians
Category:Left Party (France) politicians
Category:Members of Parliament for Rhône
Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:La France Insoumise politicians