Florence Portelli

Florence Portelli (born 23 March 1978 in Argenteuil) is a French politician.

Florence Portelli
Mayor of Taverny
Assumed office
4 Avril 2014
Regional Councillor of Île-de-France
Assumed office
18 December 2015
Personal details
Born (1978-03-23) 23 March 1978
Argenteuil, France
Political partyUMP (Before 2015)
The Republicans (2015–present)
Alma materPanthéon-Assas University

Elected Mayor of Taverny in 2014, she is also regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015.

Member of The Republicans, she was the spokeswoman of François Fillon during the French presidential election in 2017. She was a candidate for the presidency of The Republicans.

Biography

She is the daughter of senator Hugues Portelli and Marie Bosi

Portelli enrolled at the Panthéon-Assas University where she graduated with a M.A. in public law of the Sorbonne Law School and, later, with a degree of Paris Institute of Criminology.[1]

In 2014, she was elected Mayor of Taverny[2][3] and became regional councillor of Île-de-France after the 2015 elections.[1]

In 2015, she was appointed as member of The Republicans political bureau by Nicolas Sarkozy[4] and became National Secretary for Culture of the political movement.[5]

Having supported François Fillon during the 2012 leadership election, she was selected as spokesperson for his 2017 presidential campaign,[6] and later as The Republicans spokeswoman for the 2017 French legislative election.[7]

She declared her candidacy on 29 August 2017.[8] she militates "for the right to recover its pride", to "return to activists the place that they should have in the party", and "a refoundation, a democratized functioning, a radical change to statutes and clarification of the ideological line of the party".[9] She excludes any possibility of cooperating with the extreme right, argues for the need to "reinforce" immigration control, and supports the definitive exclusion of LR members of "The Constructives",[10] saying they had "excluded themselves", but invited those who hoped that its creation would propel the right to reform to "to return to the fold," believing them mistaken.[1]

In February 2018, she is appointed General secretary of "Libres !", a movement created by Valérie Pécresse and associated with the Republicans.[11]

Personal life

She has been playing piano since the age of six and is an avid jazz lover.[7] In 2016, she was elected President of the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, a French symphony orchestra[12]

References
  1. Benjamin Pierret (30 August 2017). "Les Républicains : qui est Florence Portelli, candidate à la présidence du parti ?". RTL. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "Taverny : Portelli, la plus jeune". Le Parisien. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. Daniel Chollet (22 April 2014). "Florence Portelli : "j'étais fascinée par Philippe Séguin"". La Gazette du Val-d'Oise. Retrieved 31 August 2017..
  4. "Florence Portelli entre au bureau national de l'UMP". Le Parisien. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017..
  5. "Florence Portelli (LR) nommée secrétaire nationale à la culture". Le Parisien. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2017..
  6. "François Fillon : une victoire grâce à eux !". France Culture. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  7. Diane Malosse (8 August 2017). "Pianiste, snipeuse et filloniste : Florence Portelli, future candidate à la tête de LR ?". L'Obs. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  8. "Florence Portelli candidate à la présidence des Républicains". Le Monde. Agence France-Presse. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. Emmanuel Galiero (29 August 2017). "Florence Portelli : « Je suis candidate à la présidence des Républicains »". Le Figaro. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  10. Lucie Soullier (11 October 2017). "Présidence de LR : Wauquiez, Portelli et de Calan officiellement en lice". Le Monde. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  11. Vigogne, Ludovic (15 February 2018). "Valérie Pécresse dote Libres! d'un organigramme". L'Opinion.
  12. Alexandre Sulzer (31 August 2017). "Florence Portelli candidate à la présidence des Républicains". L'Express. Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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