Thomas Ménagé

Thomas Ménagé (born 6 January 1991) is a French politician, lawyer and activist. He is a Member of the National Assembly for Loiret's 4th constituency since 2022.

Thomas Ménagé
Member of the National Assembly
for Loiret's 4th constituency
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byJean-Pierre Door
Personal details
Born (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992
Blois, France
Political partyNational Rally (affiliated non-member)
Other political
affiliations		Debout la France (2014–2020)
Alma materUniversity of Tours
Panthéon-Sorbonne University

Ménagé was a member of Debout la France before founding his own political movement L'Avenir Français (The French Future). During the 2022 French legislative election, he formed an alliance with the National Rally and contested the election on their ticket.

He has also been the deputy mayor of Ouchamps since 2020.

Biography

Early life

Ménagé grew up in Loir-et-Cher. He completed his secondary studies at the Lycée de Pontlevoy. He then obtained a law degree from the University of Tours in 2013 and a master's degree in public law from the Sorbonne University in 2015. After graduating he worked in property law and as a construction and real-estate manager.[1]

Debout la France

Politically, Ménagé identifies himself as a Gaullist. He initially supported the Union for a Popular Movement before joining Debout la France in 2014. He served as chief of staff to Nicolas Dupont-Aignan and as a managing director of Debout la France from 2017 to 2019.[2][3] In the second round of the 2017 French presidential election he facilitated the negotiation of agreements between Nicolas Dupont-Aignan and Marine Le Pen in which Le Pen would appoint Aignan as Prime Minister should she win the election.[4][5]

L'Avenir Français and National Rally

Ménagé resigned from Debout la France citing strategic disagreements between him and the party leadership. He founded a new conservative movement The French Future (L'Avenir Français) with other former Debout la France members which he claimed would be conceptionally close to the ideas of the National Rally.[6]

In 2020, he was appointed the deputy mayor of Ouchamps and sits on the town planning committee. the 2021 French regional elections he was elected as a regional councilor in Loiret.[7]

During the 2022 French legislative election, he was announced as the candidate for Loiret's 4th constituency and would stand affiliated to the National Rally's ticket despite not being a full member of the party. He was elected deputy in the second round with 63.36% of the vote against the NUPES candidate from the French Communist Party.[8]

References
  1. France, Centre (20 June 2022). "Portrait - Nouveau député RN de Montargis, qui est Thomas Ménagé ?". www.larep.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  2. "Loir-et-Cher : Thomas Ménagé, jeune candidat aux législatives à Blois". Magcentre (in French). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. "Thomas Ménagé se présente". La Nouvelle République. 11 January 2017.
  4. écrit, Laudes (14 May 2017). "Loir-et-Cher Législatives : Thomas Ménagé (Debout la France) jette l'éponge". Magcentre (in French). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. Hausalter, Louis (16 May 2017). "Aller-retour vers le FN : les quinze jours où Nicolas Dupont-Aignan a tout perdu". www.marianne.net (in French). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  6. France, Centre (16 April 2021). "Politique - L'Avenir français, parti proche du Rassemblement national, s'implante dans le Loiret". www.larep.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. "MÉNAGÉ | Region Centre-Val de Loire". www.centre-valdeloire.fr (in French). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. "Legislative - Who is Thomas Ménagé, the new RN deputy for the 4th constituency of Loiret?". 19 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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