Marine Brenier | |
Office: | Municipal councillor of Nice |
Term Start: | 21 March 2008 |
1Namedata1: | Christian Estrosi Philippe Pradal |
1Blankname1: | Mayor |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Alpes-Maritimes's 5th constituency |
Term Start2: | 30 May 2016 |
Term End2: | 22 June 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Christian Estrosi |
Successor2: | Christelle d'Intorni |
Birth Date: | 11 August 1986 |
Birth Place: | Nice, France |
Party: | UMP (2007-2015) LR (2015-2022) SL (2018-2022) LFA (since 2017) Horizons (since 2022) |
Alma Mater: | University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis Aix-Marseille University |
Profession: | Jurist |
Marine Brenier-Ohanessian (born 11 August 1986) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2016 to 2022, representing the 5th constituency of the department of Alpes-Maritimes.[1] She is a member of two political center-right parties, Horizons and La France Audacieuse.
Brenier joined the UMP in 2007.[2]
In 2008, she was elected municipal councillor of Nice (although she began serving only in 2009),[3] where she was tasked with overseeing sports affairs.[4] In April 2014, she became a territorial deputy mayor of Nice under the leadership of Christian Estrosi.[5] The following year, she was elected as a departmental councillor.
From 2015 to 2017, Brenier served as president of the Young Republicans, succeeding Stéphane Tiki.[6]
In parliament, Brenier served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning (2016–2017) and the Committee on Social Affairs (2017–2022).[7]
From 2018 to 2022, Brenier was a member of Soyons libres (SL), founded and led by Valérie Pécresse.[8] In 2021, she led a group of LR deputies pushing for more liberal rules on assisted suicide.[9] [10]
Brenier was a candidate in the 2022 legislative elections.[11] Her candidacy was endorsed by Nicolas Sarkozy.[12] She lost her seat to Christelle d'Intorni from the National Rally in the second round.[13]
Following her defeat in the 2022 legislative elections, she returned to her role as deputy mayor of Nice, overseeing Family and Early Childhood affairs.[14]