Jean-Philippe Tanguy (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ filip tɑ̃ɡi]; born 25 March 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 4th constituency of the Somme department in the National Assembly since 2022. He is a member of the National Rally (RN).

Jean-Philippe Tanguy
Member of the National Assembly
for Somme's 4th constituency
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byJean-Claude Leclabart
Personal details
Born (1986-03-25) 25 March 1986 (age 38)
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Political partyNational Rally (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
Debout la France (2012–2020)
Alma materESSEC Business School
Sciences Po

Biography edit

Early life and education edit

Tanguy was born in 1986 in Boulogne-sur-Mer.[1] His mother is a secretary and his father is an industrial site manager.[2]

He began studies at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr military academy but dropped out and studied degrees at ESSEC Business School and Sciences Po in Paris.[3] He then worked as a specialist in the industrial and energy sectors.[1]

Political career edit

Tanguy joined Debout la France and unsuccessfully contested for the party during the 2015 regional elections in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie.[3] He worked on Nicolas Dupont-Aignan's campaign during the 2017 French presidential election and according to Mediapart tried to forge an alliance between Dupont-Aignan and Marine Le Pen.[4]

He joined the National Rally in 2020 and during the 2022 French presidential election was a deputy campaign manager for Marine Le Pen.[5] For the 2022 French legislative election he contested Somme's 4th constituency and defeated outgoing deputy Jean-Claude Leclabart.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Jean-Philippe Tanguy". lepoint.fr. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022..
  2. ^ "Jean-Philippe Tanguy". huffingtonpost.fr. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2022-07-01..
  3. ^ a b "Régionales : qui sont les quatre "petits candidats" en Nord Pas-de-Calais / Picardie ?". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 2015-12-04. Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  4. ^ Delaporte, Lucie (2022-06-22). "Proches de Marine Le Pen, élus locaux, novices... Les nouveaux visages du RN à l'Assemblée nationale". Mediapart (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-06-22. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  5. ^ Robin D'Angelo (31 March 2022). "Présidentielle : Jean-Philippe Tanguy, l'adjoint de la campagne de Marine Le Pen". lejdd.fr. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Législatives dans la Somme : le RN Jean-Philippe Tanguy devient député de la 4e circonscription". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2022-06-19. Archived from the original on 2022-06-19. Retrieved 2022-06-20.