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M'jid El Guerrab

French politician (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

M'jid El Guerrab
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M'jid El Guerrab (born 25 April 1983) is a French politician of the Radical Movement (MR) who was elected as a member of the National Assembly in 19 June 2017, representing the 9th district of French people living abroad, which includes the Maghreb and part of West Africa.[1]

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Early life

El Guerrab, the son of Moroccan immigrants, was born on 25 April 1983 in Aurillac.[2]

Political career

El Guerrab joined the Socialist Party at the age of 14.[3] From 2006, he worked on the staff of Ségolène Royal.[4]

In parliament, El Guerrab served on the Defence Committee (2017-2018) and the Finance Committee (2017-2019) before moving to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, El Guerrab is part of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Burkina Faso, Liberia and Mali.[6]

After he was indicted in September 2017, El Guerrab was threatened with expulsion from LREM and subsequently announced his departure from the party.[7][8]

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Controversy

In September 2017, El Guerrab was detained by police after a fight with Socialist Party lawmaker Boris Faure; Faure was hospitalized after El Guerrab hit him with a motorcycle helmet.[9] In 2022 he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for the assault.[10]

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