Virginie Duby-Muller

French politician

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Virginie Duby-Muller
Virginie Duby-Muller in 2013

Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Savoie's 4th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2012
Preceded by	Claude Birraux

Personal details
Born	(1979-08-16) 16 August 1979 (age 44) Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, France
Political party	The Republicans
Alma mater	Grenoble 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

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