Pierre-Henri Dumont

Pierre-Henri Dumont
Member of the National Assembly for Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024
Preceded by	Yann Capet
Succeeded by	Marc de Fleurian
Personal details
Born	(1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France
Political party	UMP (2009-2015) LR (since 2015) NF (since 2022)
Alma mater	Sciences Po

Pierre-Henri Dumont (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ɑ̃ʁi dymɔ̃]; born 7 October 1987) is a French politician of the Republicans (French language: Les Républicains) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly from June 2017 to 2024, representing the Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency.^[1] His constituency contains the port city of Calais.^[2]

Early life and education

Dumont is a graduate of Sciences Po in Paris. During his studies, he completed a year abroad at Johns Hopkins University and an internship in the office of Carolyn McCarthy at the United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.^[3]

Political career

Career in local politics

Dumont served as Mayor of Marck from 2014 to 2017.^[4]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present

Dumont was elected to the French Parliament in 2017,^[5] defeating National Rally Member of the European Parliament, Philippe Olivier in the second round.^[6] In parliament, he serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.

Since 2019, Dumont has also been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.^[7]

Dumont endorsed Christian Jacob as the party’s chairman in the run-up to the Republicans’ 2019 convention,^[8] and later supported Aurélien Pradié’s candidacy to succeed Jacob in 2022; in the second round of voting, he eventually supported Éric Ciotti.^[9]

He was reelected in the 2022 election. In the 2024 election, he lost his seat in the second round to National Rally's Marc de Fleurian.^[10]

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.^[11][12][13] Dumont blamed British law for the situation.^[14]

After the November 2021 English Channel disaster, Dumont spoke to CNN and criticized Prime Minister Boris Johnson.^[15]

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. Alexandre Pedro (22 March 2023), Qui est vraiment Pierre-Henri Dumont, le frondeur de la droite Le Monde.
4. "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
5. l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". www.interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
6. "Législatives : Pierre-Henri Dumont (LR) élu à Calais face à Philippe Olivier (FN)". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 18 June 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
7. Pierre-Henri Dumont National Assembly.
8. La jeune garde des députés LR soutient Christian Jacob Le Journal du Dimanche, 7 July 2019.
9. Eric Ciotti élu président du parti Les Républicains Le Monde, 11 December 2022.
10. "Législatives 2024 : Marc de Fleurian est élu député de la 7e circonscription". Nord Littoral (in French). 7 July 2024.
11. "Patel's migrant boat claims labelled 'fake news'". BBC News. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
12. "Nine migrant boats intercepted with 125 on board". BBC News. 18 July 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
13. "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.
14. "End this exploitation at the border". The Telegraph. 6 August 2020. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
15. Calais MP Pierre-Henri Dumont reacts to Boris Johnson's plan after Channel deaths - CNN Video, 26 November 2021, retrieved 27 November 2021

External links

• Official website