Louise Morel
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Louise Morel (born 15 October 1995) is a French politician. A member of Democratic Movement, Morel was elected a Member of the National Assembly for the Bas-Rhin's sixth constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.
Biography
Louise Morel was born on October 15, 1995, in Strasbourg. Morel is the daughter of Alice Morel, mayor of Bellefosse since 1977{{Cite web |last=Guillaume Muller |date=20 June 2022 |title=Qui est Louise Morel, plus jeune députée d'Alsace ? |url=https://www.dna.fr/elections/2022/06/20/qui-est-louise-morel-plus-jeune-deputee-d-alsace |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 June 2022 |website=dna.fr}} and who served as a general councilor for Saales canton from 2004 to 2015.
Morel studied one year at lycée Henri Meck in Molsheim before transferring to lycée Sturm in Strasbourg.
Following high school, Morel studied at the Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg and the ESSEC Business School.
During her time in university, Morel studied abroad in Australia and Singapore, and worked as an intern for the Ministry of Armed Forces within the French embassy in Keyna.
Morel worked for a consulting firm in Paris focused on the Agrifood industry.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=Législatives : Louise Morel, nouvelle députée Ensemble du Bas-Rhin : la politique de mère en fille |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-qui-est-louise-morel-la-nouvelle-deputee-renaissance-de-la-6e-circonscription-du-bas-1655214200 |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}
Political career
In 2017, following the election of Emmanuel Macron, Louise Morel joined the Young Democrats of MoDem, where she became the organization's spokesperson.{{Cite web |title=Qui est Louise Morel, 26 ans et plus jeune députée alsacienne ? |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/elections/legislatives/3311659-20220620-resultats-legislatives-2022-louise-morel-26-ans-plus-jeune-deputee-alsacienne |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.20minutes.fr |date=20 June 2022 |language=fr}}
Morel ran as a substitute candidate for Guy Salomon (MoDem) during the 2017 French legislative election, who lost in the second round to Laurent Furst.
During the 2017-2022 parliamentary session, Morel served as an intern within the office of Thierry Michels.
During the 2022 French legislative elections, Morel ran in Bas-Rhin's sixth constituency with Xavier Muller, an independent winemaker from Marlenheim,{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022/ Circonscription de Molsheim-Obernai. Louise Morel, « un territoire chevillé au corps et au cœur » |url=https://www.dna.fr/elections/2022/06/07/louise-morel-un-territoire-cheville-au-corps-et-au-coeur |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.dna.fr |language=FR-fr}} as her substitute. Manon Hirtz quit her position in the President's press office to become director of her campaign.{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022. Manon Hirtz, de l'Élysée à la campagne de Louise Morel dans la circonscription de Molsheim-Obernai |url=https://www.dna.fr/elections/2022/05/13/manon-hirtz-de-l-elysee-a-la-campagne-de-louise-morel-dans-la-circonscription-de-molsheim-obernai |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.dna.fr |language=FR-fr}} On June 19, 2022, Morel was elected to the National Assembly in the second round, beating Jean-Frédéric Steinbach of Rassemblement national with 57.90% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Elections législatives 2022 |url=https://www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2022/067/06706.html |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=www.resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr}}
In the National Assembly, Morel is a member of the Economic Affairs committee, and the European Affairs committee, where she was elected secretary on July 7, 2022.
References
External links
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- [http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA794810 Assemblée nationale]
- [http://www.hatvp.fr/fiche-nominative/?declarant=morel-louise-24139 Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique]
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Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:21st-century French women politicians