Damien Abad
Damien Abad (born April 5, 1980 in Nîmes ) is a French politician ( Nouveau Center ) and has been a member of the European Parliament since the 2009 European elections .
Life
Damien Abad studied finance at the Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux and worked as a research assistant on tax and financial issues for the liberal UDF group in the French National Assembly . After the dissolution of the UDF in 2007, he joined the Nouveau Center (NC), a small party formed from the right wing UDF that supported Nicolas Sarkozy's candidacy in the 2007 presidential election . In the French parliamentary elections in 2007 Abad scored 3.17% in his constituency in the Yvelines department , and in 2008 he was elected to the city council of Vauvert ( Gard ). In May of the same year he became chairman of the NC youth organization Jeunes Centristes .
In the 2009 European elections in France , Abad came second on the joint list of UMP , NC and LGM in the constituency of south-east France and won a seat in the European Parliament , where he became the youngest French MP. He joined the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and is a member of the Committee on Budgets . In 2010 he was also elected to the Regional Council of Rhône-Alpes . In 2012 he moved to the National Assembly after winning the direct mandate in the fifth constituency of the Ain department in the parliamentary elections .
Abad has arthrogryposis , a rare disease that causes joint stiffness.
Web links
- Official Homepage (French)
- Entry on Damien Abad in the Members' database of the European Parliament
- VoteWatch.eu: Daniel Abad's voting behavior in the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Le Matin : "Damien Abad en passe de devenir le benjamin des euro-députés" , May 27, 2009 (French).
- ↑ Constituency results on the website of the French Ministry of the Interior
- ↑ a b Metro France, May 14, 2009: Place au jeune! ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French).
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SURNAME | Abad, Damien |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician (Nouveau Center), MEP |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 5, 1980 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes |