Aina Kuric

Aina Kuric (born 15 May 1987 in Creil^[1]) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,^[2] representing the department of Marne,^[3]

Aina Kuric
Member of the National Assembly for Marne's 2nd constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Catherine Vautrin
Personal details
Born	(1987-05-15) 15 May 1987 (age 37) Creil, France
Political party	Agir (2019 to present)
Other political affiliations	La République En Marche! (2016–2019)
Occupation	Business leader in oenology

From 2016 until 2017, Kuric was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM). She quit her party on 6 June 2019, having been a prominent critic of the asylum-immigration bill proposed by the government in July 2018. She remained, however, a member of LREM's parliamentary group.^[4][5]

Early life and career

Kuric has family roots in Madagascar.^[6] She holds a BTS in hospitality. She is a company manager who organizes guided tours of vineyards.^[7]

Political career

Having acted as the departmental organizer and contact person (référente) for the newly established En Marche! party in Marne during the 2017 French presidential election campaign, Kuric was elected to the National Assembly in the legislative elections which followed in June of that year. Standing for En Marche! in the 2nd constituency of Marne, she received 51.21% of the votes cast in the second round, beating the outgoing deputy, The Republicans' Catherine Vautrin.^[8]

In the National Assembly, Kuric served on the Finance Committee from 2017 until 2018 before moving to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.^[9] In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the French-Madagascar Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Kuric later joined Agir. She lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.^[10]

Political positions

In July 2019, Kuric voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.^[11]

See also

• 2017 French legislative election

References

1. Official page on the website of the French National Assembly
2. Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro.
3. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
4. "La députée de la Marne Aina Kuric quitte La République en Marche". France 3 Grand Est. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
5. Arthur Berdah (31 July 2018), Ferrand épargne la députée LaREM qui a voté contre la loi asile-immigration Le Figaro.
6. Aina Bovel, "Législatives françaises : Aina Kuric, candidate de la République En Marche", Midi Madagasikara, 19 May 2017
7. L'Union. "Aina Kuric candidate la République en marche sur Reims" (in French). lunion.fr. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
8. Cécile Banasik. "Victoire d'Aina Kuric (REM) dans la 2nd circonscription de la Marne" (in French). france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
9. "Commission des finances, de l'économie générale et du contrôle budgétaire". National Assembly (in French). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
10. "Élimination d'Aina Kuric dès le 1er tour des législatives dans la Marne: «On perd contre ceux qui mentent et qui trichent»". Journal L'Union (in French). 13 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
11. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.