Virginie Duby-Muller
Virginie Duby-Muller in 2013
Member of the National Assembly
for Haute-Savoie's 4th constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Preceded byClaude Birraux
Personal details
Born (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, France
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materGrenoble Institute of Political Studies

Virginie Duby-Muller (born 16 August 1979) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been a member of the National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing Haute-Savoie's 4th constituency.[1] Within her party, she has been serving as deputy chairwoman since 2019, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob.[2]

Political career

In 1997, at the age of 18, Duby-Muller joined the Rassemblement pour la République (RPR), which would later become the UMP.[3]

Since joining the National Assembly in the 2012 elections, Duby-Muller has been serving on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Ethiopian Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2013 until 2017, she was also part of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[4]

In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Duby-Muller endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party's candidate for the office of President of France. When the primaries' winner François Fillon became embroiled in a political affair during his campaign, she was one of the LR members who publicly called on him to step down.[5]

Since the 2017 elections, Duby-Muller has been serving as one of the eleven deputy chairpersons of the Republicans' parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob.

In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, Duby-Muller endorsed Laurent Wauquiez as chairman[6] and later became his campaign's spokesperson.[7] She later endorsed Christian Jacob to succeed Wauquiez as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention.[8]

Political positions

In July 2019, Duby-Muller voted against the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Annemasse (Haute-Savoie). Virginie Duby-Muller nommée à la vice-présidence des Républicains". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Annemasse (Haute-Savoie). Virginie Duby-Muller nommée à la vice-présidence des Républicains". www.ledauphine.com (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-24.
  3. ↑ Charlotte Rotman (December 18, 2012), Virginie Duby-Muller, valeurs montantes Libération.
  4. ↑ Virginie Duby-Muller French National Assembly.
  5. ↑ «Nous, élus de droite et du centre, demandons solennellement à François Fillon de se retirer» L'Opinion.
  6. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (October 11, 2017), La liste des 136 parrains de Laurent Wauquiez L'Opinion.
  7. ↑ Virginie Le Guay (November 16, 2017), La jeune garde de Laurent Wauquiez Paris Match.
  8. ↑ La jeune garde des députés LR soutient Christian Jacob Le Journal du Dimanche, 7 July 2019.
  9. ↑ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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