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Sébastien Chenu
Sébastien Chenu
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Member of the National Assembly; for Nord's 19th constituency
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 June 2017
Preceded by	Anne-Lise Dufour-Tonini
Spokesman of the National Rally
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 September 2017 Serving with Julien Sanchez, Jordan Bardella (2017–2019) and Laurent Jacobelli (2019–present)
President	Marine Le Pen
Member of the; Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 January 2016
Personal details
Born	13 April 1973 (age 51); Beauvais, France
Political party	National Rally (since 2016)
Other political; affiliations	Republican Party (1988–1997); Liberal Democracy (1997–2002); Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2014)
Profession	Consultant

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Sébastien Chenu (born 13 April 1973) is a French politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 19th constituency of Nord since 2017. A former member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), he has also been a spokesman of the National Rally (RN, until 2018 named National Front) since 2017 under the leadership of Marine Le Pen.^[1]

Career

Openly homosexual, Chenu founded GayLib, then the LGBT wing of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), today part of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI).^[2] He joined the FN after the UMP attempted to kill Law 2013-404, which legalised same-sex marriage, claiming that the UMP had become "the French Tea Party".^[3]

Chenu served as a vice president of the Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis from 2001 to 2014. Since 2016, he has been a regional councillor of Hauts-de-France. In the 2017 legislative election, he was elected to the National Assembly in the 19th constituency of Nord.

References

^ "Nord - 10e circonscription , resultats élections législatives 2017". Francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ Charles Bremner (13 December 2014). "Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ "Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen". Lemonde.fr. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[1] "Nord - 10e circonscription , resultats élections législatives 2017". Francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[2] Charles Bremner (13 December 2014). "Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[3] "Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen". Lemonde.fr. 13 December 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2017.

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 ==Career==
-Openly homosexual, Chenu founded [[GayLib]], then the LGBT wing of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP), today part of the [[Union of Democrats and Independents]] (UDI).<ref>{{cite web|author=Charles Bremner |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4295742.ece |title=Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover |website=Thetimes.co.uk |date=2014-12-13 |accessdate=2017-06-25}}</ref> He joined the FN after the UMP attempted to kill [[Law 2013-404]], which legalised [[Same-sex marriage in France|same-sex marriage]], claiming that the UMP had become "the French [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2014/12/13/sebastien-chenu-un-ralliement-precieux-pour-marine-le-pen_4540027_823448.html |title=Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen |website=Lemonde.fr |date=2014-12-13 |accessdate=2017-06-25}}</ref>
+Openly homosexual, Chenu founded [[GayLib]], then the [[LGBT]] wing of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP), today part of the [[Union of Democrats and Independents]] (UDI).<ref>{{cite web|author=Charles Bremner |url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4295742.ece |title=Le Pen gives National Front a gay friendly makeover |website=Thetimes.co.uk |date=2014-12-13 |accessdate=2017-06-25}}</ref> He joined the FN after the UMP attempted to kill [[Law 2013-404]], which legalised [[Same-sex marriage in France|same-sex marriage]], claiming that the UMP had become "the French [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2014/12/13/sebastien-chenu-un-ralliement-precieux-pour-marine-le-pen_4540027_823448.html |title=Sébastien Chenu, un ralliement précieux pour Marine Le Pen |website=Lemonde.fr |date=2014-12-13 |accessdate=2017-06-25}}</ref>
 Chenu served as a vice president of the [[Communauté d'agglomération du Beauvaisis]] from 2001 to 2014. Since 2016, he has been a regional councillor of [[Hauts-de-France]]. In the [[2017 French legislative election|2017 legislative election]], he was elected to the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] in the [[Nord's 19th constituency|19th constituency]] of [[Nord (French department)|Nord]].