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David Habib
Member of theNational Assembly
forPyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
19 June 2002
Preceded byAndré Labarrère
Vice-President of theNational 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
MayorofMourenx
Assumed office
25 June 1995
Preceded byAndré Cazetien
Succeeded byPatrice Laurent
General councillorofPyrénées-Atlantiquesfor the Canton ofLagor
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

David Habib(born 16 March 1961) is French politician who has served as a member of theNational AssemblyforPyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituencysince 2002.[1]A member of theSocialist Party,Habib was the vice-president of the National Assembly from October 2019 to June 2022. He also served as mayor ofMourenxfrom 1995 to 2014 andgeneral councillorofPyrénées-Atlantiquesfrom 1992 to 2002.

Early life and education[edit]

David Habib was born to a family ofTunisian JewsinParis,Franceon 16 March 1961. When he was six months old, his father moved the family toPau, Pyrénées-Atlantiquesfor career-related reasons.[2]Habib attendedSciences Po Bordeaux,graduating in 1983.[3]

Political career[edit]

Habib began his political career on the municipal council ofMourenx,Pyrénées-Atlantiques, to which he was elected in the1989 French municipal elections.[4]He was then appointed deputy mayor by the town'sCommunistmayor André Cazetien.[5][6]In March 1992, Habib was elected to theGeneral Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques,representing the Canton ofLagord.[5]This was followed by his election as mayor of Mourenx in the1995 municipal elections.[2]Habib was re-elected as general councillor in the2001 municipal electionsand became president of thecommunity of communesofLacqin 2002.[4]

Habib entered national politics in the2002 French legislative elections,where he was elected to theNational AssemblyforPyrénées-Atlantiques's 3rd constituency.[7]As adeputy,he joined theSocialist 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 the2007and2012 legislative electionsas well as the mayoralty of Mourenx in the2008 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 the2014 municipal elections,winning 37% of the vote againstFrançois 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 inSarpourenxon 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 succeededChristophe Sirugueas second vice-president of the National Assembly.[12]He endorsedManuel Vallsin the2017 Socialist presidential primaryand was one of his eight campaign spokespersons.[13]Habib was again re-elected in the2017 legislative electionsand was one of three deputies from the Socialist group to vote yes on a motion of confidence in theSecond Philippe government.[14][15]

During the2022 legislative elections,Habib opposed theNUPESelectoral alliance between the Socialists andLa France Insoumiseand instead called for his party to unite behind PresidentEmmanuel MacronofLa République En Marche.[16][17]As a result, the governingEnsemble!coalition did not run a candidate against him in his re-election race and Hadid 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 theNational 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 theSocial Affairs Committee,theEconomic Affairs Committee,theForeign Affairs Committee,theFinance, General Economy and Budgetary Monitoring Committee,theConstitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committeeand 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 theInter-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 PresidentNicolas Sarkozyopposing potential French recognition of theState of Palestine.[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^"LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS"(in French). National Assembly of France.Retrieved2010-07-03.
  2. ^abMichel 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).Retrieved2022-09-10.
  4. ^ab"David Habib - Biographie - Le Parisien".pratique.leparisien.fr.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  5. ^ab"M. David HABIB - Cadre d'entreprise - Biographie mise à jour le 29 juillet 2022 - LesBiographies".lesbiographies.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  6. ^Girault, Jacques (2021-10-19),"CAZETIEN André, Jean",Le Maitron(in French), Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier,retrieved2022-09-10
  7. ^abcd"M. David Habib - Pyrénées-Atlantiques (3e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale".www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  8. ^"Groupe Socialistes et apparentés - Assemblée nationale".www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  9. ^ab"David Habib - Député de la 3ème circonscription des Pyrénées-Atlantiques".David Habib(in French).Retrieved2022-09-10.
  10. ^"Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014".Ministère de l'Intérieur et des outre-mer(in French).Retrieved2022-09-10.
  11. ^Rebière, Nicolas (2015-06-22)."David Habib, élu confortablement à Sarpourenx"(in French).ISSN1760-6454.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  12. ^Pau, Sud Ouest (2015-01-15)."David Habib devient deuxième vice-président de l'Assemblée nationale"(in French).ISSN1760-6454.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  13. ^Primaire à gauche: Valls présente son QG et son état-major de campagneLes Échos,December 14, 2016.
  14. ^"Résultats des élections législatives 2017".Ministère de l'Intérieur et des Outre-Mer(in French). 2011.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  15. ^"Ces députés d'opposition qui ont voté la confiance au gouvernement".LEFIGARO(in French). 2017-07-05.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  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.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  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).Retrieved2022-09-10.
  18. ^"Résultats des élections législatives 2022".Ministère de l'Intérieur et des outre-mer(in French).Retrieved2022-09-10.
  19. ^"NosDéputés.fr par Regards Citoyens".NosDéputés.fr(in French).Retrieved2022-09-10.
  20. ^"GROUPE D'ÉTUDES SUR LE PROBLÈME DU TIBET".assemblee-nationale.fr.Retrieved2022-09-10.
  21. ^"Lettre ouverte au Président de la République".Crif - Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France(in French). 2011-09-19.Retrieved2022-09-10.
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