Manuel Bompard

Manuel Bompard (French pronunciation: [manɥɛl bɔ̃paʁ]; born 30 March 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 4th constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the National Assembly since 2022. Member of La France Insoumise (LFI), he previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022.

Manuel Bompard
Bompard in 2019
Member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2022
Preceded by	Jean-Luc Mélenchon
National Coordinator of La France Insoumise
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2022
Preceded by	Adrien Quatennens
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2 July 2019 – 28 July 2022
Succeeded by	Marina Mesure
Constituency	France
Personal details
Born	(1986-03-30) 30 March 1986 (age 38) Firminy, France
Political party	La France Insoumise
Alma mater	Grenoble Institute of Technology University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis

Early life and education

Manuel Bompard was born in 1986 in Firminy, Loire. He grew up in Drôme. His father is a computer scientist, then a farmer, his mother is a public servant in the housing sector.

He graduated from ENSIMAG's engineering school in Grenoble. He was awarded a doctorate in mathematics in 2011, having defended a thesis of applied mathematics in aeronautics at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis. He worked in a startup specialised in machine learning in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Haute-Garonne.^[1]

Political career

Manuel Bompard joined the Left Party at its creation in 2009. He became national secretary in 2010. In 2012, he became a member of the "events" team of the campaign of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the presidential election.^[2]

In 2015, he was the candidate of the Left Party, in partnership with Dagmara Szlagor of EELV, in the 2015 Departmental elections in Haute-Garonne in the Canton of Toulouse-5, where they arrive in 3rd position.^[3]

In 2017, Manuel Bompard was the candidate in the legislative election in the 9th constituency of Haute-Garonne, for La France Insoumise. He was defeated in the second round by Sandrine Mörch of La République En Marche!.^[4]

In July 2018, he left the leadership of the Left Party in order to devote himself to his mission of spokesperson for the La France Insoumise and the European's campaign. During the 2019 European Parliament election, he is in second place on the La France Insoumise's list of candidates.^[5]

For the 2022 French legislative election, he was the NUPES candidate in Bouches-du-Rhône's 4th constituency replacing Jean-Luc Mélenchon.^[6]

His seat in the European Parliament was taken by Marina Mesure.

References

1. Jean-Pierre Bédéï (26 August 2016). "Bompard, the Toulousain of Mélenchon" (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
2. Guillaume Laurens (22 May 2017). "Legislative: Manuel Bompard, Melenchon's right-hand man, wants to fend the Pink City red" (in French). Actu.fr. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
3. Noé Michalon (5 March 2017). "Manuel Bompard, the supercomputer behind Mélenchon" (in French). Slate. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
4. Helene Menal (18 June 2017). "2017 legislative results: Manuel Bompard, the left arm of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, loses his bet in Toulouse" (in French). 20 minutes. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
5. Anthony Assemat (27 May 2019). "European. Five deputies from Occitania will sit in parliament: who are they?" (in French). Actu.fr. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
6. AFP, Capital avec (12 May 2022). "Législatives 2022 : Jean-Luc Mélenchon ne se représentera pas et laisse sa place à Manuel Bompard". Capital.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2022.

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