Laura Slimani

Laura Slimani (born 23 August 1989) is a French politician of The Ecologists. Since 2020, she has served as a deputy mayor of Rouen.^[1] From 2013 to 2015, she was the leader of the Young Socialist Movement.^[2] From 2015 to 2017, she served as president of Young European Socialists.^[3] In the 2019 European Parliament election, she was a candidate for member of the European Parliament.^[3]

Laura Slimani
Slimani in 2014
Deputy Mayor of Rouen
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 July 2020
Mayor	Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol
President of Young European Socialists
In office 11 April 2015 – 7 April 2017
Preceded by	Kaisa Vatanen
Succeeded by	João Albuquerque
Leader of the Young Socialist Movement
In office 17 November 2013 – 19 December 2015
Preceded by	Thierry Marchal-Beck
Succeeded by	Benjamin Lucas
Personal details
Born	(1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 35) Rouen, France
Political party	The Ecologists (since 2022) Génération.s (2017–2022) Socialist Party (2010–2017)
Alma mater	Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux Cardiff University

Slimani joined the Socialist Party in 2010.^[4] During the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary, she served as spokesperson for Benoît Hamon.^[5] In September 2017, she left the Socialist Party and joined Hamon's newly founded Génération.s.^[6] In the 2020 municipal elections, she ran alongside The Ecologists.^[7] During the 2021 Green Party presidential primary, she supported Éric Piolle.^[8]