Seybah Dagoma
{{short description|French politician}}
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{{ infobox officeholder
| name = Seybah Dagoma
| image = SeybahDagoma.jpg
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Paris's 5th constituency
| term_start = 20 June 2012
| term_end = 20 June 2017
| predecessor = Tony Dreyfus
| successor = Benjamin Griveaux
| office1 = Leader of the Socialist Group in the National Assembly
{{small|Acting}}
| term_start1 = 6 December 2016
| term_end1 = 13 December 2016
| predecessor1 = Bruno Le Roux
| successor1 = Olivier Faure
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|06|09|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Nantes, France
| party = Socialist Party
| alma_mater = Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
École des Ponts ParisTech
| profession = Lawyer
}}
Seybah Dagoma (born 9 June 1978) is a French lawyer and politician of the Socialist Party who served as a member of the French National Assembly on 17 June 2012, representing the department of Paris.[http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/tribun/fiches_id/608920.asp biography on the French National Assembly website][https://www.france24.com/en/20120619-france-parliament-women-closer-reflect-french-society-ethnic-minorities Record number of women and minorities in new French parliament] France 24, 19 June 2012.
Early life and education
Born to immigrants from Chad in Nantes in 1978, Dagoma grew up in a low-income housing project in Sarcelles. She studied law at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Career
In parliament, Dagoma served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA608920 Seybah Dagoma] National Assembly. She was also her parliamentary group’s rapporteur on foreign trade.Philippe Martinat (12 May 2016), [https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/la-deputee-seybah-dagoma-presidera-business-france-12-05-2016-5790311.php La députée Seybah Dagoma présidera Business France] Le Parisien. In her addition to her committee assignments, Dagoma was part of the National Assembly’s friendship groups with India, South Africa and Turkey.[https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA608920 Seybah Dagoma] National Assembly.
During her time in parliament, Dagoma was the only member of sub-Saharan immigrant background.Philippe Martinat (12 May 2016), [https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/la-deputee-seybah-dagoma-presidera-business-france-12-05-2016-5790311.php La députée Seybah Dagoma présidera Business France] Le Parisien.
Since 2016, Dagoma has been serving as president of Business France.Philippe Martinat (12 May 2016), [https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/la-deputee-seybah-dagoma-presidera-business-france-12-05-2016-5790311.php La députée Seybah Dagoma présidera Business France] Le Parisien.
Other activities
- Terra Nova, Member of the Board of Directors[https://tnova.fr/qui-sommes-nous/#notre-gouvernance Governance] Terra Nova.
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Category:French people of Chadian descent
Category:Politicians from Nantes
Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians
Category:Black French politicians
Category:Women members of the National Assembly (France)
Category:Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:21st-century French women politicians
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