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Souad Zitouni (Arabic: سعاد زيتوني; born 23 April 1974 in Boukadir) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022,[1] representing the Vaucluse's 1st constituency.
Souad Zitouni | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly for Vaucluse's 1st constituency | |
| In office 30 March 2020 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-François Cesarini |
| Succeeded by | Joris Hébrard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1974 Boukadir, Algeria |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Zitouni was born in 1974 in Algeria, she was four years old when her family moved to France, to Marseille.[2]
Zitouni studied at Aix-Marseille University,[3] where she obtained a master's degree in public law[2] and a specialized graduate diploma in local government management.[3] She continued her training in law school.[2] She practiced law from 2004 at the Avignon Carpentras bars.[4]
Zitouni began her political activism with Ecology Generation,[3] before joining the Democratic Movement.[2] In 2008, she was a candidate for her party in the 2008 municipal elections at Pontet, on the Ambition Le Pontet list led by Michel Bouyol: in sixth position, she was not elected.[5]
Ten years later, Zitouni joined La République En Marche![3] and campaigned for Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election of 2017. She was a candidate in the legislative elections in Vaucluse's 1st constituency, as substitute candidate for Jean-François Cesarini.[3] They were elected, with 58% in the second round against a candidate from the National Front.[6] Cesarini died on March 29, 2020, and Zitouni automatically succeeded him the next day.[7]
In parliament, Zitouni joined the LREM group.[8] She served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning.[9]
In 2020, Zitouni joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[10]
Zitouni lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.[11]
In 2020, Zitouni went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[12][13]
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