| Sarah Tanzilli | |
| Office: | Member of the National Assembly for Rhône's 13th constituency |
| Term Start: | 19 June 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Danièle Cazarian |
| Birth Date: | 23 January 1985 |
| Birth Place: | Valence, Drôme, France |
| Party: | Renaissance |
| Alma Mater: | Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 |
| Term End: | 9 June 2024 |
| Successor: | Tiffany Joncour |
Sarah Tanzilli (born 23 January 1985) is a French politician from Renaissance (RE). She was Member of Parliament for Rhône's 13th constituency from 2022 to 2024.
Sarah Tanzilli was born in Valence into a family of hairdressers from Armenia whose father was left-wing and her mother was right-wing.[1] [2] She holds a Master 2 in public business law. She is the mother of two children and has lived in Meyzieu since 2010.[3]
Sarah Tanzilli was recruited as a lawyer in the Lyon metropolitan area where she worked for six years.[4] [5] [6] She was then the collaborator of MP Danièle Cazarian during the 2017-2022 mandate. She was a member of the Committee for the Defence of the Armenian Cause from 2012 to 2022.[7] chaired the House of Armenian Culture in Décines from 2017 to 2022. She participated in the dissolution of the far-right Turkish nationalist group Grey Wolves.
As a member of La République en marche, she was the candidate nominated by the Ensemble presidential majority in Rhône's 13th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.[8] She came in first position in the first round, with 28.44% of the votes cast, ahead of Victor Prandt the NUPES candidate. In the second round, she won the seat with 62.65% of the votes cast.[9]
On 10 June 2024, she announced that she was a candidate for re-election in the snap 2024 French legislative election, while affirming that “France Insoumise is not in the Republican arc".[10] [11] She was defeated in the first round of this election.