Florence Granjus

Florence Granjus (born 17 May 1962) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who represented the 12th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022.[1]

Florence Granjus
Member of the National Assembly
for Yvelines's 12th constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byDavid Douillet
Succeeded byKarl Olive
Personal details
Born (1962-05-17) 17 May 1962
Nanterre, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Biography

On 18 June 2017, during the second round of the legislative elections, she came first against David Douillet with 56.63% of the votes cast.[2] Before getting elected to the French National Assembly, Florence Granjus worked in the employment sector at the ANPE and later at Pôle emploi.[3][4]

Granjus has been an advocate for gender equality. In November 2017 she launched a contest between primary schools in her constituency, the subject being equality between boys and girls.[5] Her most significant political commitment being employment, she is quoted saying that it "is the identity of an individual".[4]

She dismissed her two parliamentary staff in June 2018. They file a complaint against her for harassment.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Florence Granjus - Biography on the French National Assembly website" (in French).
  2. "Yvelines's 12th constituency results a at the 2nd round".
  3. "Who is Florence Granjus?". France Bleu. 19 June 2017.
  4. Bertolus, Jean-Jérôme (28 December 2017). "Florence Granjus, de Pôle emploi au Palais Bourbon". L'Opinion.
  5. "A contest for Boy-Girl equality". actu.fr. 18 December 2017.
  6. "Harcèlement et coups tordus au Palais-Bourbon : La drôle de guerre entre une députée LREM et ses ex-collaborateurs". 31 May 2019.
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