Ludovic Pajot
{{Short description|French politician}}
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| name = Ludovic Pajot
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| image = Ludovic Pajot 01 (cropped).jpg
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly
for Pas-de-Calais's 10th constituency
| term_start1 = 21 June 2017
| term_end1 = 22 April 2021
| predecessor1 = Serge Janquin
| successor1 = Myriane Houplain
| office2 = Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière
| term_start2 = 5 July 2020
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| predecessor2 = Olivier Switaj
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| office3 = Member of the
Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
| term_start3 = 4 January 2016
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Beuvry, France
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| party = National Rally (2012–present)
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| nationality = French
| alma_mater = Lille Catholic University
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Ludovic Pajot (born 18 November 1993) is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais from 2017 to 2021. A member of the National Rally (until 2018 named National Front), he has been Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière since 2020.{{Cite web |url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/pas-de-calais_62/pas-de-calais_10eme-circonscription |title=Pas-de-Calais - 10e circonscription , resultats élections sénatoriales 2017 |access-date=22 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127232013/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/pas-de-calais_62/pas-de-calais_10eme-circonscription |archive-date=27 November 2017 |url-status=dead }} At age 24 in 2017, Pajot was the youngest member of the 15th National Assembly.[http://www.bfmtv.com/politique/legislatives-nes-en-1993-ils-sont-les-deux-benjamins-de-l-assemblee-1189381.html "Législatives : nés en 1993, ils sont les deux benjamins de l'Assemblée"], BFM TV (in French). 19 June 2017. He previously was a municipal councillor in Béthune, first elected in 2014.[http://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-scan/2017/06/21/25001-20170621ARTFIG00227-cinq-choses-a-savoir-sur-les-deputes-fn-de-l-assemblee.php "Cinq choses à savoir sur les députés FN de l'Assemblée"], Le Figaro (in French). 21 June 2017.
Biography
=Studies and early life=
Ludovic Pajot was born into a farming family. He studied law at Lille Catholic University. In 2012, he joined the National Front.
He was elected a municipal councillor of Béthune in 2014 and regional councillor of Hauts-de-France in 2015. Upon his election as a parliamentarian, he resigned from the municipal council of Béthune.
=Member of the National Assembly=
In the 2017 legislative election, he was elected in the second round to Parliament for the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, with over 52% of the votes cast, against the La République En Marche! candidate, Laurence Deschanel. He became the youngest member of the National Assembly elected in the 2017 election, as well as the second under the Fifth Republic, after Marion Maréchal, who was aged 22 when she took office in 2012.
He sits, along with the other National Rally members, among the unregistered members of the National Assembly. He is part of the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning.
On 7 October 2017, he was the victim of an assault in Béthune.{{Cite web |title=Agressé à Béthune, le député FN Ludovic Pajot porte plainte et pense avoir été victime "d'antifas" |url=https://rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/societe/agresse-a-bethune-le-depute-fn-ludovic-pajot-porte-plainte-et-pense-avoir-ete-victime-d-antifas_AN-201710080160.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=RMC |language=fr}} He was hospitalised with a five-day work incapacity.{{Cite news |date=2017-10-08 |title=Un député du Front national agressé dans le Pas-de-Calais |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2017/10/08/un-depute-du-front-national-victime-d-une-agression-dans-le-pas-de-calais_5198009_823448.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}} He stated that the attackers were "a group of individuals, some of which claim to be from the antifa far-left".{{Cite web |date=2017-10-08 |title=Un député FN agressé par des "antifa", Le Pen veut "dissoudre ces milices d'extrême gauche" |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/le-depute-fn-ludovic-pajot-agresse-par-des-antifa-le-pen-veut-dissoudre-ces-milices-d-extreme-gauche_109558.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}} One of his alleged attackers admitted to being hostile toward the National Front, while a second explained the assault was due to excessive alcohol consumption.{{Cite news |date=2017-10-11 |title=Agression d’un député FN : la piste des « antifas » se dégonfle |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2017/10/11/agression-d-un-depute-fn-la-piste-des-antifas-se-degonfle_5199645_1653578.html |access-date=2024-03-14 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}
=Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière=
In the 2020 municipal election in Bruay-la-Buissière, he led the National Rally list.{{Cite web |last=Lambrecq |first=Maxence |date=2019-06-14 |title=Municipales 2020 : les 100 communes dans le viseur de Marine Le Pen |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/municipales-2020-les-100-communes-dans-le-viseur-de-marine-le-pen-9335923 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=France Inter |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2019-07-02 |title=Bruay-la-Buissière: le «prochain Hénin-Beaumont» visé par le RN |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/bruay-la-buissiere-le-prochain-henin-beaumont-vise-par-le-rn-20190702 |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}} He was subsequently elected to the mayorship.{{Cite web |date=2020-07-05 |title=Bruay-la-Buissière: le conseil municipal est installé avec à sa tête Ludovic Pajot |url=https://www.nordlittoral.fr/46457/article/2020-07-05/bruay-la-buissiere-le-conseil-municipal-est-installe-avec-sa-tete-ludovic-pajot |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=www.nordlittoral.fr |language=fr}} He was replaced by his substitute Myriane Houplain in the National Assembly on 22 April 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-20 |title=Bruay-la-Buissière : qui est Myriane Houplain qui succède à Ludovic Pajot au siège de député ? |url=https://www.nordlittoral.fr/113375/article/2021-04-20/bruay-la-buissiere-qui-est-myriane-houplain-qui-succede-aludovic-pajot-au-siege |access-date=2024-03-14 |website=www.nordlittoral.fr |language=fr}}
Offices held
- Municipal councillor of Béthune: 5 April 2014 – 2 August 2017
- Regional councillor of Hauts-de-France: 4 January 2016 – Present
- Member of the National Assembly for the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais: 21 June 2017 – 22 April 2021
- Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière: 5 July 2020 – Present
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Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic