Annika Bruna

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Annika Bruna

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019 [1] [2]
Personal details
Born (1956-11-26) 26 November 1956 (age 64)
Versailles, France
NationalityFrench
Political party National Rally
ProfessionPolitician

Annika Bruna (born 26 November 1956) is a French politician. She was elected as a National Rally (part of the Identity and Democracy group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election.

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Early life and local political career

Annika Bruna was born on 26 November 1956 in Versailles, France. [3]

Bruna was elected to the regional council of Île-de-France from 1998 to 2010. [4] She is a former parliamentary assistant of the former president of the National Front Jean-Marie Le Pen. [5]

European Parliament

Bruna stood as a candidate for National Rally in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She was eighteenth on her party's list, and elected as one of its 22 MEPs in France. [lower-alpha 1] [6] [7] She is part of the Identity and Democracy group. In the European Parliament, Bruna is a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, and is part of the delegation for relations with Belarus. [3]

Notes

  1. In the election, the party won 23 seats however Jean-Lin Lacapelle was elected in a reserve seat that he can only take if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

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