Typhanie Degois | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly for Savoie's 1st constituency |
Term Start: | 21 June 2017 |
Term End: | 21 June 2022 |
Predecessor: | Dominique Dord |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1993 |
Birth Place: | Fourmies, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | LR (since 2024) |
Otherparty: | UDI (2013–2014) LREM (2016–2024) |
Alma Mater: | Panthéon-Assas University |
Occupation: | Jurist • Politician |
Successor: | Marina Ferrari |
Typhanie Degois (born 6 January 1993) is a French politician who represented Savoie's 1st constituency of in the National Assembly from 2017 until 2022.[1]
Degois was born in Northern France and moved to Savoie at the age of 7.[2] She graduated from Pantheon-Assas University with a master's degree in international business law.[3] Degois is a member of the Fondation Brigitte Bardot, an animal-rights group.[4]
Degois joined the centre-right Union of Democrats and Independents in 2013 but left after a year. Degois joined En Marche! the day after it was founded and established a chapter of the movement in Aix-les-Bains.[5] In the 2017 French legislative election, she was elected to the French Parliament with 50.76% of the vote in Savoie's 1st constituency, narrowly defeating Dominique Dord of The Republicans who had held the seat for the previous 20 years.[6] At age 24, she was the youngest member of the National Assembly of En Marche!, as well as the second youngest overall after Ludovic Pajot of the National Front.[7]
In Parliament, Degois served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[8] In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French parliamentary friendship groups with Monaco, the Central African Republic and Azerbaijan. As a parliamentarian, she grew increasingly critical of the La République En Marche group in the National Assembly, voting against key bills supported by a majority of her fellow party members. In May, she announced she would not seek reelection in the 2022 French legislative election.[9]
On the occasion of the 2022 French presidential election, Degois brought her sponsorship of deputy to Marine Le Pen.
In the 2024 French legislative elections, she was jointly invested as a candidate of the National Rally and The Republicans in Savoie's 1st constituency.[10]
In July 2019, Degois voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[11]