Julien Odoul (French pronunciation: [ʒyljɛ̃ ɔdul]; born 8 May 1985) is a French politician. A member of the National Rally (RN), he has represented the 3rd constituency of the Yonne department in the National Assembly since 2022.
Julien Odoul | |
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 Odoul in 2019 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Yonne's 3rd constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Michèle Crouzet |
| Member of the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Assumed office 4 January 2016 | |
| Spokesperson of the National Rally | |
| Assumed office 4 July 2021 | |
| President | Marine Le Pen Jordan Bardella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1985 Paris, France |
| Political party | National Rally (2014-present) |
| Other political affiliations | Socialist Party (2006-07) New Centre (2009-2014) |
Biography
editJulien 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 worked 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]
Member of the Assemblée Nationale
editAs a member of the Rassemblement National (RN), he has represented the 3rd constituency of the Yonne department in the Assemblée Nationale since 2022.
On campaign in the July 2024 French legislative elections for which he was the official RN spokesman, Odoul said that if the RN formed the government after the vote, they would ban the hijab in the public square.[12]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Qui est Julien Odoul, le nouveau président du groupe FN à la Région ?". France 3 (in French). 7 September 2017..
- ^ a b 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..
- ^ Breeden, Aurelien (20 October 2019). "French politician confronts mother wearing head scarf on school trip with her crying child". The Independent.
- ^ ""Le voile, comme emblème politico-religieux, sera interdit", annonce Julien Odoul, porte-parole RN".
