M'jid El Guerrab

M'jid El Guerrab
Member of the National Assembly for the Ninth Overseas constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byPouria Amirshahi
Succeeded byKarim Ben Cheïkh
Personal details
Born (1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 41)
Aurillac, France
Political partyPS (1997-2017)
LREM (2017-2018)
MR (since 2018)
Alma materSciences Po Aix

M'jid El Guerrab (born 25 April 1983) is a French politician of the Radical Movement (MR) who served as a member of the National Assembly since 19 June 2017, representing the 9th district of French people living abroad, which includes the Maghreb and part of West Africa.[1]

Early life

El Guerrab, the son of Moroccan immigrants, was born on 25 April 1983 in Aurillac.[2]

Political career

El Guerrab joined the Socialist Party at the age of 14.[3] From 2006, he worked on the staff of Ségolène Royal.[4]

In parliament, El Guerrab served on the Defence Committee (2017-2018) and the Finance Committee (2017-2019) before moving to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, El Guerrab is part of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Burkina Faso, Liberia and Mali.[6]

After he was indicted in September 2017, El Guerrab was threatened with expulsion from LREM and subsequently announced his departure from the party.[7][8]

Controversy

In September 2017, El Guerrab was detained by police after a fight with Socialist Party lawmaker Boris Faure; Faure was hospitalized after El Guerrab hit him with a motorcycle helmet.[9] In 2022 he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for the assault.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Législatives françaises: 10 macronistes sur 11 élus des Français de l'étranger". Radio France International. June 19, 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. ^ Girard, Étienne (September 7, 2017). "M'Jid El Guerrab : de l'ambition féroce à l'explosion en vol" (in French). marianne.net. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Qui est M'Jid El Guerrab, le député LREM placé en garde à vue pour "violences aggravées" sur un cadre PS ? L'Obs, September 1, 2017.
  4. ^ Qui est M'Jid El Guerrab, le député LREM placé en garde à vue pour "violences aggravées" sur un cadre PS ? L'Obs, September 1, 2017.
  5. ^ M'jid El Guerrab National Assembly.
  6. ^ M'jid El Guerrab National Assembly.
  7. ^ M'Jid El Guerrab démissionne de LREM mais reste député Libération, September 5, 2017.
  8. ^ Jean-Baptiste Daoulas (December 22, 2017), M'jid El Guerrab, un paria à l'Assemblée L'Express.
  9. ^ Sylvie Corbet (September 1, 2017), French lawmaker detained by police after a scuffle Associated Press.
  10. ^ "Legislative: MP M'jid el Guerrab, sentenced, announces not to stand again". 14 May 2022.


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