Aurélia Beigneux | |
Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
Constituency: | France |
Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
Term End: | 15 July 2024 |
Office1: | Departmental councillor of Pas-de-Calais for the canton of Hénin-Beaumont-2 |
Alongside1: | Christopher Szczurek |
Term Start1: | 2 April 2015 |
Term End1: | 1 July 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Canton established |
Successor1: | Marine Le Pen |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1980 |
Birth Place: | Rillé, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | National Rally |
Aurélia Beigneux (pronounced as /fr/; born 2 June 1980) is a French politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. A member of the National Rally (RN), she also held a seat in the Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais from 2015 to 2021.
In the 2012 legislative election, Beigneux unsuccessfully ran for the National Assembly in the 9th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, placing third with 16.8% of the first-round vote.
Following the 2014 municipal election, she became Deputy Mayor of Hénin-Beaumont for social affairs under Mayor Steeve Briois, a position she held until 2020.[1] In 2015, she was elected to the Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais in the canton of Hénin-Beaumont-2. From 2017 to 2021 Beigneux was an administrator of Epinorpa, a housing local public establishment (établissement public local) founded in 2002.[2] In 2021, she did not run for reelection as a departmental councillor.
Beigneux was fourteenth on the National Rally list for the European Parliament in the 2019 election, thus winning a seat.[3] [4] She did not run for reelection in 2024.
In 2015, Beigneux was accused of welfare fraud following the Pas-de-Calais Caisse d'allocations familiales (CAF) opening a litigation case. She denied having unduly benefitted from the Revenu de solidarité active (RSA) after she left a previous position. The Pas-de-Calais CAF reported Beigneux did not declare all her revenues when filing benefit statements.[5]