Mélanie Thomin

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Mélanie Thomin
Member of the National Assembly for Finistère's 6th constituency
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded by Richard Ferrand
Personal details
Born (1984-06-04) 4 June 1984 (age 40)
Landerneau, France
Nationality French
Political party PS (since 2005)
Alma mater University of Western Brittany
Profession Teacher

Mélanie Thomin (born 4 June 1984 in Landerneau, Finistère) is a French female politician. A member of the Socialist Party, she was elected a Deputy for Finistère's 6th constituency under the NUPES party label during the 2022 French legislative election.[1]

Biography

Thomin was a french language teacher in numerous private high schools in Finistère including Diwan (Breton language)[2] and Le Likès in Quimper (catholique school).[3] Her dad worked for the local public service while her mom worked for the municipal government.[4]

Political debuts

Thomin began to approach the Socialist Party in 2003 and integrated in its youth movement, the Young Socialist Movement in 2005.[3] She joined UNEF as a student as a student at the University of Brest, and was the president of UNEF-Brest during the 2006 youth protests in France.[5]

She participated in the 2014 municipal elections in Quimper on the list of socialist mayor Bernard Poignant. She was not elected to the municipal council during the original election, but ultimately entered in April 2016 after the resignation of another elected member. She was a candidate in the 2020 municipal election in Hanvec and was elected with the municipal majority as well as to the communauté d'agglomération du pays de Landerneau-Daoulas.[3]

She was a candidate in the 2015 Brittany regional elections in Finistère on a party list directed locally by the socialist candidate Marc Coatanéa, but was the first non-elected candidate on the list.[3] She ran again in 2021 during the regional elections, but once again failed to get elected.[6]

Thomin was a part of Richard Ferrand's electoral campaign during the 2012 legislative election[2] and supported the candidacy of Benoit Hamon during the 2017 presidential election.[3]

Elected to the National Assembly

Thomin presented herself in the 2022 French legislative election against Richard Ferrand in Finistère's 6th constituency. She beat the President of the National Assembly in the Second Round with 50.85% of the vote.[7][8]

Presented as a "novice socialist" by Le Monde,[9] she entered the National Assembly after 20 years of activism for the party.[10]

Electoral results

Legislative elections

Year Party Constituency 1st round 2nd round Result
Votes % Rank Votes % Rank
2022[11] PS Finistère's 6th 15,345 31.16 2nd 23,948 50.85 1st Elected

References

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