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David Habib

David Habib (born 16 March 1961) is a French politician who has served as a member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency since 2002.[1] A member of the Socialist Party, Habib was the vice-president of the National Assembly from October 2019 to June 2022. He also served as mayor of Mourenx from 1995 to 2014 and general councillor of Pyrénées-Atlantiques from 1992 to 2002.

David Habib
Member of the National Assembly
for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 June 2002
Preceded byAndré Labarrère
Vice-President of the National Assembly
In office
1 October 2019 – 21 June 2022
PresidentRichard Ferrand
Preceded byFrancis Vercamer
In office
1 January 2015 – 28 June 2017
PresidentClaude Bartolone
Preceded byChristophe Sirugue
Succeeded byHugues Renson
Mayor of Mourenx
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 June 1995
Preceded byAndré Cazetien
Succeeded byPatrice Laurent
General councillor of Pyrénées-Atlantiques for the Canton of Lagor
In office
29 March 1992 – 15 July 2002
Preceded byFélicien Prué
Succeeded byJacques-Cassiau-Haurie
Personal details
Born (1961-03-16) 16 March 1961 (age 63)
Paris, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materSciences Po Bordeaux
ProfessionCorporate executive

Early life and education

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David Habib was born to a family of Tunisian Jews in Paris, France on 16 March 1961. When he was six months old, his father moved the family to Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques for career-related reasons.[2] Habib attended Sciences Po Bordeaux, graduating in 1983.[3]

Political career

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Habib began his political career on the municipal council of Mourenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to which he was elected in the 1989 French municipal elections.[4] He was then appointed deputy mayor by the town's Communist mayor André Cazetien.[5][6] In March 1992, Habib was elected to the General Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, representing the Canton of Lagord.[5] This was followed by his election as mayor of Mourenx in the 1995 municipal elections.[2] Habib was re-elected as general councillor in the 2001 municipal elections and became president of the community of communes of Lacq in 2002.[4]

Habib entered national politics in the 2002 French legislative elections, where he was elected to the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency.[7] As a deputy, he joined the Socialist group.[8] Habib then resigned from the general council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in accordance with the law on the accumulation of political mandates.[9]

Habib was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 2007 and 2012 legislative elections as well as the mayoralty of Mourenx in the 2008 municipal elections. In March 2014, he announced his candidacy for mayor of Pau at the head of a united electoral list of major left-wing parties. Habib was defeated in the second round of the 2014 municipal elections, winning 37% of the vote against François Bayrou's 63%. Nevertheless, the Socialist did gain a seat on the city's municipal council, but resigned several months later to run in a municipal by-election in Sarpourenx on 21 June 2015.[10][11] He was elected to the city's municipal council and has served there since.[9]

On 1 January 2015, Habib succeeded Christophe Sirugue as second vice-president of the National Assembly.[12] He endorsed Manuel Valls in the 2017 Socialist presidential primary and was one of his eight campaign spokespersons.[13] Habib was again re-elected in the 2017 legislative elections and was one of three deputies from the Socialist group to vote yes on a motion of confidence in the Second Philippe government.[14][15]

During the 2022 legislative elections, Habib opposed the NUPES electoral alliance between the Socialists and La France Insoumise and instead called for his party to unite behind President Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche.[16][17] As a result, the governing Ensemble! coalition did not run a candidate against him in his re-election race and Habib returned to the National Assembly with 66.55% of the vote in the second round against Jean-François Baby of NUPES, who won 33.45%.[18]

Habib sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee, for which he served as vice-president from 2 October 2020 to 8 July 2021.[7][19] He has previously been a member of the Social Affairs Committee, the Economic Affairs Committee, the Foreign Affairs Committee, the Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Monitoring Committee, the Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee and the now-defunct Economic, Environmental and Territorial Affairs Committee.[7] In addition to his committee assignments, Habib is part of the Tibet Study Group and was formerly part of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[7][20] He is also vice-president of the Israel Friendship Group and was one of the only Socialist signatories of a letter to President Nicolas Sarkozy opposing potential French recognition of the State of Palestine.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. ^ a b Michel Feltin-Palas (November 27, 2013), David Habib, candidat PS à Pau: "J'incarne le Béarn mieux que François Bayrou" L'Express.
  3. ^ "Le Réseau de Sciences Po Bordeaux". reseau.sciencespobordeaux.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  4. ^ a b "David Habib - Biographie - Le Parisien". pratique.leparisien.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  5. ^ a b "M. David HABIB - Cadre d'entreprise - Biographie mise à jour le 29 juillet 2022 - LesBiographies.com". www.lesbiographies.com. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  6. ^ Girault, Jacques (2021-10-19), "CAZETIEN André, Jean", Le Maitron (in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier, retrieved 2022-09-10
  7. ^ a b c d "M. David Habib - Pyrénées-Atlantiques (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  8. ^ "Groupe Socialistes et apparentés - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  9. ^ a b "David Habib - Député de la 3ème circonscription des Pyrénées-Atlantiques". David Habib (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  10. ^ "Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014". Ministère de l'Intérieur et des outre-mer (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  11. ^ Rebière, Nicolas (2015-06-22). "David Habib, élu confortablement à Sarpourenx" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  12. ^ Pau, Sud Ouest (2015-01-15). "David Habib devient deuxième vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). ISSN 1760-6454. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  13. ^ Primaire à gauche : Valls présente son QG et son état-major de campagne Les Échos, December 14, 2016.
  14. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-Mer (in French). 2011. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  15. ^ "Ces députés d'opposition qui ont voté la confiance au gouvernement". LEFIGARO (in French). 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  16. ^ "Législatives 2022 : entre résignation et rejet d'une alliance avec LFI, les députés socialistes feront campagne sur leur nom". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-05-03. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  17. ^ "Législatives 2022 : "Union sacrificielle" ou "bonne nouvelle" ? En Aquitaine, l'accord entre le PS et la France Insoumise divise les socialistes". France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (in French). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  18. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022". Ministère de l'Intérieur et des outre-mer (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  19. ^ "NosDéputés.fr par Regards Citoyens". NosDéputés.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  20. ^ "GROUPE D'ÉTUDES SUR LE PROBLÈME DU TIBET". www.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  21. ^ "Lettre ouverte au Président de la République". Crif - Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (in French). 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2022-09-10.
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