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Rodrigue Kokouendo

Rodrigue Kokouendo

French politician


Rodrigue Kokouendo (born 21 June 1974) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,[1] representing the department of Seine-et-Marne.[2]

Quick Facts Member of the French National Assembly for Seine-et-Marne's 7th constituency, Preceded by ...

Early career

Kokouendo holds a master's degree in management and a higher diploma in accounting and finance. He worked as an accountant at BNP Paribas and was a city councilor of Villeparisis from 2008 to 2014.

Political career

Having previously been an active member of the Socialist Party, Kokuendo joined LREM in 2016.[3] He was elected deputy of the 7th constituency of Seine-et-Marne during the legislative elections of 2017 under the colors of La République en marche! with 61.48% of the votes.

In parliament, Kokouendo served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Angolan Parliamentary Friendship Group, the French-Nigerian Parliamentary Friendship Group, and the French-South Sudanese Parliamentary Friendship Group.[4] In 2020, Kokouendo joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[5]

Kokouendo lost his seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.[6]

Political positions

In July 2019, Kokouendo voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[7]

See also


References

  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. à 13h19, Par Timothée Talbi Le 13 juin 2022 (13 June 2022). "Législatives en Seine-et-Marne : finalement, Ersilia Soudais et Didier Bernard privent Rodrigue Kokouendo de second tour". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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