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Adrien Quatennens

French politician

Adrien Quatennens (born 23 May 1990 in Lille, France) is a French politician. He has been a deputy in the National Assembly since 2017. He has also been the coordinator of the left-wing party La France insoumise from 2019 to 2022. He often works with party leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Adrien Quatennens
Coordinator of La France insoumise
In office
22 June 2019 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byManuel Bompard
Member of the National Assembly of France
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byBernard Roman
ConstituencyNord's 1st
Personal details
Born (1990-05-23) 23 May 1990 (age 34)
Lille, Nord, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa France insoumise (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations		Left Party
(2013–present)
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.adrienquatennens.fr

Life and career

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Early life

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Adrien Quatennens was born in 1990. His father is a company executive in the energy sector. His mother is a saleswoman.[1]

Quatennens became interested in politics at the age of 15 in 2006, when there were big demonstrations against a new labour law in France. He joined charities to help homeless people[2] and became a member of the Attac organization.[3] In 2006, he got the high scool diploma in a Catholic high shool in Bondues, Nord.[4][5] He started studying economics at the University of Lille but failed exams in second year. Then he got a technical diploma[6] and worked as a customer adviser for the energy company EDF.[7]

Career in politics

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Quatennens supported Jean-Luc Mélenchon in 2008.[8] He joined his party, the Left Party in 2013.[9] He became a member of the national board of the party in 2015.[1] Together with Ugo Bernalicis, he was the local secretary of the Left Party in the Nord department.[10] He supported Mélenchon in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections.[11][12]

He was a candidate in the 2014 municipal elections in Lille for the Left Front list. He was not elected.[13] He joined the new party La France insoumise in February 2016.[12]

In 2017, he was elected a deputy (member of the National Assembly) for the 1st constituency of Nord. He got 50.11 percent of the votes in the second round of the election.[14] He became a member of the Social Affairs committee of the National Assembly.[15] He voted against the 2017 French labour law reform.[16][17] He wants burnouts to officially become work diseases.[18] Quatennens is also the deputy chairman of the France–Greece and France–Denmark friendship groups of the National Assembly.

On 22 June 2019, Quatennens became the coordinator La France insoumise.[19]

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moniez, Laurie (21 June 2018). "À Lille, l'ambition insoumise d'Adrien Quatennens". Le Monde (in French). p. 8. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. ↑ Girard, Étienne (2017-07-13). "Abbé Pierre, kebabs, Chicons Gratin… les secrets du « flamboyant » député Insoumis Adrien Quatennens". Marianne (in French).
  3. ↑ "Qui sont les députés de La France insoumise ?". Le Monde (in French). 2017-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Adrien Quatennens, un fidèle soldat en mission pacification à LFI". Le Monde (in French). 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  5. ↑ Lenoir, Alexandre; Marcelli, Sylvain (2019-05-10). "Adrien avant Quatennens, la première vie d'un Insoumis". Mediacités (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  6. ↑ "Adrien Quatennens, le député insoumis qui monte". actu.fr. 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. ↑ "Adrien Quatennens". Projet Picardie (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  8. ↑ Stathopoulos, Claire (2017-07-13). "France insoumise Qui est Adrien Quatennens, le jeune député qui monte ?". VSD (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  9. ↑ David, Romain (2017-07-13). "Adrien Quatennens : « Je suis venu à la politique par frustration »" (in French). Europe 1. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  10. ↑ Absalon, Julien (2017-07-12). "Adrien Quatennens, le député « insoumis » qui vilipende la loi travail" (in French). RTL. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  11. ↑ Equy, Laure; Laïreche, Rachid (2017-09-24). "Les voix du Nord de La France insoumise". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Meysenq, Licia (2017-07-11). "Réforme du Code du Travail : trois choses à savoir sur Adrien Quatennens, le député « insoumis » qui secoue l'Assemblée" (in French). France Info. Retrieved 2017-07-22..
  13. ↑ Finez, Ludovic (2017-07-19). "Adrien Quatennens, en « campagne permanente »". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  14. ↑ "Élections législatives 2017". elections.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). French Ministry of the Interior. 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  15. ↑ "Adrien Quatennens". nosdeputes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  16. ↑ Billard, Sébastien (2017-07-11). "7 choses à savoir sur Adrien Quatennens, le M. Code du Travail des "insoumis"". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  17. ↑ Meteyer, Madeleine (2017-07-12). "Adrien Quatennens, 27 ans, l'« insoumis » qui secoue l'Assemblée". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  18. ↑ "La proposition de loi des Insoumis sur le burn-out est rejetée". L'Express (in French). 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-27.
  19. ↑ Mestre, Abel (2019-06-22). "LFI se restructure pour mettre le cap sur les municipales « citoyennes »". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2019-06-22.

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