Pierre-Henri Dumont

Pierre-Henri Dumont (born 7 October 1987) is a French politician for the Republicans party (French language: Les Républicains), who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since June 2017, representing the Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency.[1] His constituency contains the port city of Calais.[2]

Pierre-Henri Dumont
Member of the National Assembly
for Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byYann Capet
Personal details
Born (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987
Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France
Political partyThe Republicans
Alma materSciences Po

Political career

Dumont served as Mayor of Marck from 2014 to 2017.[3]

Dumont was elected to the French Parliament in 2017,[4] defeating National Rally Member of the European Parliament, Philippe Olivier in the second round.[5] In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. Since 2019, he has also been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.[6]

Political positions

In the summer of 2020, Dumont disputed the claims of Priti Patel, the British Home Secretary that French authorities were not stopping migrants from leaving France and crossing the English Channel.[7][8][9] Dumont blamed British law for the situation.[10]

After the November 2021 English Channel disaster, he spoke to CNN and criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson.[11]

References
  1. "Pierre-Henri DUMONT - Député de la 7ème circonscription du Pas-de-Calais - Conseiller municipal de Marck". www.phdumont.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. Peter Nicholls and Natalie Thomas (August 10, 2020), More migrants cross Channel to Britain as political tension rises Reuters.
  3. "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". www.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. "Législatives : Pierre-Henri Dumont (LR) élu à Calais face à Philippe Olivier (FN)". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. Pierre-Henri Dumont National Assembly.
  7. "Patel's migrant boat claims labelled 'fake news'". BBC News. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  8. "Nine migrant boats intercepted with 125 on board". BBC News. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  9. "La ministre britannique de l'Intérieur reproche à la France de ne pas intercepter les bateaux de migrants". InfoMigrants (in French). 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. "End this exploitation at the border". The Telegraph. 6 August 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont reacts to Boris Johnson's plan after Channel deaths - CNN Video, retrieved 27 November 2021


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