Julien Odoul
Julien Odoul (French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛ̃ ɔdul]; born 8 May 1985) is a French politician and model.
Julien Odoul | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Yonne's 3rd constituency | |
Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
Preceded by | Michèle Crouzet |
Spokesperson of the National Rally | |
Assumed office 4 July 2021 | |
President | Marine Le Pen |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 8 May 1985
Political party | National Rally |
Biography
Julien Odoul was born in 1985[1] in Paris.[2]
A model, he made the cover of the LGBT magazine Têtu[3] when he was 21 years old, then three years later, was on the cover of the German gentleman's magazine Gab.[4]
In politics, he joined the Socialist Party in order to support Prime Minister Laurent Fabius in 2006, then joined the Nouveau Centre in 2009.[5]
He joins the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI).[4] Collaborator of the centrist deputy-mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, André Santini,[6] he works for him until 2011.[7] In 2012, he was a centrist candidate in the Val-de-Marne's 10th constituency.[8]
In 2014, he joined the National Front.[5] In 2017, Julien Odoul took over as head of the National Front Group in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté,[9] then joined the party's national office in 2018.[10] In 2019, he made comments during a council meeting along with a demand that a visitor take off her hijab. The visitor who was chaperoning a school trip was the mother to one of the children. Odoul's demand and remarks was rebuffed by council members with the council president, Marie-Guite Dufay, pointing out that neither French national law nor the regional council rules prohibited people from wearing veils during meetings.[11]
References
- "Le FN recrute jusqu'à l'UDI". lepoint.fr (in French). 17 December 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2019..
- "Renforcer la sécurité, le leitmotiv de Julien Odoul (FN)". leveil.fr (in French). 30 May 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2019..
- Marie-Pierre Bourgeois (2016). Rose Marine. Editions du moment. p. 135. ISBN 9782354174934.
- "Qui est Julien Odoul, le nouveau président du groupe FN à la Région ?". France 3 (in French). 7 September 2017..
- Léo Mouren (16 December 2014). "Une nouvelle recrue du FN venue du PS, en passant par le centre". liberation.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 April 2019..
- Kim Hullot-Guiot; Tristan Berteloot; Rebecca Birna (13 June 2017). "Cadres, élus locaux, néophytes… qui sont les 122 candidats FN qualifiés pour le second tour des législatives ?". liberation.fr (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2019..
- "Du magazine gay Têtu au Front national !". valeursactuelles.com (in French). 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2019..
- "Julien Odoul fait campagne à bord de l'Odoul-mobile". leparisien.fr (in French). 8 June 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2019..
- Sébastien Kerroux (5 September 2017). "Julien Odoul prendra la tête du groupe Front National en Bourgogne-Franche-Comté". France 3 (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2019..
- "Front national : Julien Odoul intègre le bureau national". France 3 (in French). 12 March 2018..
- "French politician confronts mother wearing head scarf on school trip with her crying child". 20 October 2019.