Ludovic Pajot

Ludovic Pajot
Member of the National Assembly
for Pas-de-Calais's 10th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 22 April 2021
Preceded bySerge Janquin
Succeeded byMyriane Houplain
Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 July 2020
Preceded byOlivier Switaj
Member of the
Regional Council of Hauts-de-France
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 January 2016
Personal details
Born (1993-11-18) 18 November 1993 (age 31)
Beuvry, France
Political partyNational Rally (2012–present)
Alma materLille Catholic University

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.[1] At age 24 in 2017, Pajot was the youngest member of the 15th National Assembly.[2] He previously was a municipal councillor in Béthune, first elected in 2014.[3]

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.[4] He was hospitalised with a five-day work incapacity.[5] He stated that the attackers were "a group of individuals, some of which claim to be from the antifa far-left".[6] 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.[7]

Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière

In the 2020 municipal election in Bruay-la-Buissière, he led the National Rally list.[8][9] He was subsequently elected to the mayorship.[10] He was replaced by his substitute Myriane Houplain in the National Assembly on 22 April 2021.[11]

Offices held

References

  1. ^ "Pas-de-Calais - 10e circonscription , resultats élections sénatoriales 2017". Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Législatives : nés en 1993, ils sont les deux benjamins de l'Assemblée", BFM TV (in French). 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Cinq choses à savoir sur les députés FN de l'Assemblée", Le Figaro (in French). 21 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Agressé à Béthune, le député FN Ludovic Pajot porte plainte et pense avoir été victime "d'antifas"". RMC (in French). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Un député du Front national agressé dans le Pas-de-Calais". Le Monde.fr (in French). 8 October 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Un député FN agressé par des "antifa", Le Pen veut "dissoudre ces milices d'extrême gauche"". Le HuffPost (in French). 8 October 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Agression d'un député FN : la piste des « antifas » se dégonfle". Le Monde.fr (in French). 11 October 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ Lambrecq, Maxence (14 June 2019). "Municipales 2020 : les 100 communes dans le viseur de Marine Le Pen". France Inter (in French). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Bruay-la-Buissière: le «prochain Hénin-Beaumont» visé par le RN". Le Figaro (in French). 2 July 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Bruay-la-Buissière: le conseil municipal est installé avec à sa tête Ludovic Pajot". www.nordlittoral.fr (in French). 5 July 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Bruay-la-Buissière : qui est Myriane Houplain qui succède à Ludovic Pajot au siège de député ?". www.nordlittoral.fr (in French). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2024.