Christopher Weissberg | |
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Member of the National Assembly for the 1st constituency for French residents overseas | |
Assumed office 4 August 2022 | |
Preceded by | Roland Lescure |
Personal details | |
Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine,France | 26 November 1985
Political party | Renaissance |
Christopher Weissberg (born 26 November 1985) is a French politician and member of the National Assembly. He represents French people living in North America. [1]
Christopher Weissberg graduated from the Universitéde Montréal,the College of Europe as well as Sciences Po [2] and began his professional career as chief of staff [3] to the vice-president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France from 2012 to 2014.
In 2020,he was appointed as parliamentary advisor to Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, [4] Secretary of state then Minister delegate for tourism,the French living abroad and Francophonie.
He is also an entrepreneur who founded and managed the French restaurant he opened in Saranac Lake,New York [5] in 2010.
During the 2022 French legislative election,he successfully ran as the substitute of Roland Lescure,the incumbent candidate. [6] Following the appointment of Roland Lescure in the Borne government,he became a member of the National Assembly for the First constituency for French residents overseas [7] in August 2022 and joined the Renaissance group. [8]
As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, [9] he is the author of a report on the enforcement of the sentences of the International Criminal Court [10] and co-leads a parliamentary information mission on international sanctions policies. [11] He also serves as President of the France - United States friendship group at the National Assembly [12] and is president delegate of the French Section of France-Canada Parliamentary association. [13]
Nord is a département in Hauts-de-France region,France bordering Belgium. It was created from the western halves of the historical counties of Flanders and Hainaut,and the Bishopric of Cambrai. The modern coat of arms was inherited from the County of Flanders.
Gironde is the largest department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the Gironde estuary,a major waterway,its prefecture is Bordeaux. In 2019,it had a population of 1,623,749. The famous Bordeaux wine region is in Gironde. It has six arrondissements,making it one of the departments with the most arrondissements.
Somme is a department of France,located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north,Aisne to the east,Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest. To the northwest,its coastline faces the English Channel and it shares maritime borders with Kent and East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It had a population of 570,559 in 2019.
Oise is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called Oisiens or Isariens,after the Latin name for the river,Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.
Val-de-Marne is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne,it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019,Val-de-Marne had a population of 1,407,124.
The Côtes-d'Armor,formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990,is a department in the north of Brittany,in northwestern France. In 2019,it had a population of 600,582.
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Saint-Germain-des-Grois is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
Banvou is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France.
Messei is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
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The second constituency for French residents overseas is one of eleven constituencies representing French citizens living abroad. It was created by the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies and elects,since 2012,one representative to the National Assembly.
The third constituency for French residents overseas is one of eleven constituencies representing French citizens living abroad. It was created by the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies and elects,since 2012,one representative to the National Assembly.
The fourth French legislative constituency for citizens abroad is one of eleven constituencies each electing one representative of French people living outside France to the French National Assembly.
Corinne Narassiguin is a French politician who has served as a Senator for Seine-Saint-Denis since 2 October 2023. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),she previously represented the 1st constituency for French residents overseas in the National Assembly from 2012 to 2013.
Christophe Premat is a French academic and politician who served as deputy for the Third constituency for French residents overseas in the Assemblée Nationale at Paris,from 2014 to 2017.
Roland Lescure is a French banker and politician who has served as Minister Delegate for Industry in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne and Gabriel Attal since 2022.
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