Estelle Youssouffa
Estelle Youssouffa | |
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.png) Estelle Youssouffa | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Mayotte's 1st constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ramlati Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 July 1978 Châtenay-Malabry, France |
| Political party | SE |
Estelle Youssouffa (born 31 July 1978 in Châtenay-Malabry) is a French politician who has served as a Member of the French Parliament[1] for Mayotte's 1st constituency[2] since June 2022.[3]
Biography[edit]
Estelle Youssouffa was born in Châtenay-Malabry, France, to a Maorais military father[4] and a metropolitan nurse mother.[4]
She continued her schooling in Mayotte until she obtained her baccalaureate at Mamoudzou High School.[4]
She then attended the IUT of Tours where she was trained in journalism, then continued her studies at the University of Quebec in Canada in Political Science.[4][5]
She became a journalist[5] and television host[6] working for LCI, TV5 Monde, Al Jazeera English, BFM TV and iTélé.[4]
Political career[edit]
She was active during the crisis that paralyzed the island in 2018,[7] following which she stood as a candidate in the Mayotte legislative elections which took place in 2022,[8] for the first constituency of Mayotte.[1]
On 19 June 2022 she was elected deputy for Mayotte's 1st constituency,[2] succeeding Ramlati Ali.[9]
To the National Assembly
On June 22, 2022, she joined the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories group,[10] for which she sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee.[11] Similarly, with six other deputies, she was appointed vice-president of the overseas delegation of the National Assembly.[12]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Le Monde (2022-06-23). "Estelle Youssouffa, voix de Mayotte, fait son entrée à l'Assemblée nationale". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ^ a b "Estelle Youssouffa élue députée de la première circonscription de Mayotte". Mayotte Hebdo (in French). 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
- ^ "Élections législatives à Mayotte : Estelle Youssouffa et Mansour Kamardine sont confortablement élus, députés de Mayotte | L'info KWEZI" (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ a b c d e "Estelle Youssouffa: Journaliste Mahoraise consultante en affaires internationales". Udjama (in French). 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ a b "Estelle Youssouffa". graphcommons.com. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ "Estelle Youssouffa – World Policy Conference" (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ L'Express (2019-10-22). "Immigration, biodiversité, chômage... Le programme de Macron à Mayotte et La Réunion". LExpress.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ La 1ere. "Estelle Youssouffa : "à l'Assemblée Nationale, je serai une mercenaire au service de Mayotte"". Mayotte la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Le Figaro (2022-06-13). "Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ?". LEFIGARO (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-22.
- ^ L'Est Républicain. "Législatives 2022. Rentrée parlementaire : la Nancéienne Braun-Pivet élue présidente, notre journée avec les élus de Lorraine et de Franche-Comté". www.estrepublicain.fr. Retrieved 2022-08-02.
- ^ La 1ere. "La députée de Mayotte Estelle Youssouffa fait son entrée à l'Assemblée nationale". Mayotte la 1ère (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "La députée Estelle Youssoffa élue vice-présidente de la délégation aux Outre-Mer | L'info KWEZI" (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-02.