Ugo Bernalicis

Ugo Bernalicis
Ugo Bernalicis in 2019
Member of the National Assembly
for Nord's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byAudrey Linkenheld
Personal details
Born
Ugo Marco Bernalicis

(1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35)
Arras, France
Political partySocialist Party (2007-08)
Left Party (2009-present)
La France Insoumise (2016-present)
Alma materCharles de Gaulle University – Lille III
ProfessionCivil servant

Ugo Bernalicis (French pronunciation: [yɡo bɛʁnalisi(s)]; born 25 September 1989) is a French politician and represents the department of Nord, in the French National Assembly.[1][2]

Biography

Early life

Ugo Bernalicis was born into a family close to the communist movement, with a militant father, an elected grandfather and a great-grandfather who was deported to the Dachau concentration camp because of his political convictions.[3] He grew up in the countryside near Arras.

Whilst a student at Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III, Ugo Bernalicis joined the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France. He campaigned with the Union of Communist Students and the CGT-CROUS for the improvement of students' living conditions, and organized a rent strike to fight against "unhealthy" student residences in Lille.[4]

In September 2012, he joined the Regional Institute of Administration of Lille [fr].

Political career

In 2007, Ugo Bernalicis joined the Socialist Party and moved closer to Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. He co-led a movement within the Young Socialist Movement called The Socialist Offensive.[5]

In 2008, he left the Socialist Party with Jean-Luc Mélenchon to continue his political commitment in his new organization, the Left Party.[6] In March 2010, he was a candidate for regional elections on the list of the Left Front, with Alain Bocquet as the head of the list. In March 2011, following an agreement with the French Communist Party, he was a candidate of the Left Front for cantonal elections in the canton of Lille-Sud-Est and obtained 9.07% of the votes cast.

He was a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections in the 2nd constituency of Nord, supported by the French Communist Party, the Communist Coordination, the Unitary Left and the Left Party, where he came in fourth place in the first round with 8.87% of votes.[7] He also ran in the 2015 regional elections in Hauts-de-France, in 61st position on the list led by Sandrine Rousseau (Europe Ecology – The Greens, Left Party, New Deal), ranked fifth with 4.83% of the vote.[8]

Member of the National Assembly

He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the 2nd constituency of Nord.[9] He was second in votes in the first round, narrowly beating incumbent Audrey Linkenheld, but behind Houmria Berrada, the LREM candidate, then easily won the second round.

In the National Assembly, he sits on the Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee. He is a member of Special Commission to Consider the Bill for a State Serving a Trusted Society,[10] member of the Working Group on Digital Democracy and New Forms of Citizen Participation[11] and member of the mission of information on the ethics of the civil servants and the supervision of the conflicts of interest.[12] He is secretary of the Public Policy Evaluation and Oversight Committee.[13] He is a Vice-President of France-Belgium Friendship Group.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ "M. Ugo Bernalicis". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/nord_59/nord_2ere-circonscription [dead link]
  3. ^ P. Gril and Julien Chehida (20 September 2017). "Ugo, 26 ans, député La France insoumise: "J'ai envie de casser les codes à l'Assemblée"" (in French). rmc.bfmtv.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ^ Marie VANDEKERKHOVE (12 March 2010). "Certains logements étudiants sont insalubres dans la métropole" (in French). lille.maville.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ^ Marie VANDEKERKHOVE (12 March 2010). "Certains logements étudiants sont insalubres dans la métropole" (in French). lille.maville.com. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ Charlotte Cieslinski (6 July 2017). "Ugo Bernalicis, le député insoumis qui tacle Ciotti sur l'état d'urgence" (in French). L'Obs. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ "RÉSULTATS LÉGISLATIVES 2012 - 2ÈME CIRCONSCRIPTION DU NORD". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Résultats des élections régionales 2015". Minister of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Le triomphe d'Ugo Bernalicis et de la France insoumise". lavoixdunord.fr (in French). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Composition de la commission spéciale chargée d'examiner le projet de loi pour un État au service d'une société de confiance". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  11. ^ "La démocratie numérique et les nouvelles formes de participation citoyenne". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Composition de la mission d'information sur la déontologie des fonctionnaires et l'encadrement des conflits d'intérêt". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Composition du comité d'évaluation et de contrôle des politiques publiques". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Composition du groupe d'amitié France-Belgique". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 20 December 2017.