Pierrick Berteloot

Pierrick Berteloot
Member of the National Assembly for Nord's 15th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2022
Preceded by	Jennifer de Temmerman
Personal details
Born	(1999-01-11) 11 January 1999 (age 25) Dunkirk, France
Political party	National Rally
Occupation	Sailor, politician

Pierrick Berteloot (born 11 January 1999 in Dunkirk) is a French politician of the National Rally. He was elected as a deputy in the National Assembly for Nord's 15th constituency in 2022.

Biography

Early life

Berteloot was born and raised in Dunkirk. He is the great-grandson of French resistance fighter Louis Maniez who was executed by Nazi forces in 1944 and has a bridge named after him in Bourbourg.^[1] After secondary school, Berteloot became a sailor based in various countries including the United States for DFDS and attended the L'Ecole Maritime de Boulogne maritime academy in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He was then an employee of a ferry company operating between France and England. He later returned to the L'Ecole Maritime de Boulogne to train as a bridge watch officer but chose to enter politics instead.^[2]

Political career

In 2020, he was elected as a municipal councilor in Bourbourg for the National Rally and became a delegate for overseeing military and patriotic ceremonies in this capacity. In 2021, he became a regional councilor in Hauts-de-France on a list headed by Sébastien Chenu.^[3]

For the 2022 French legislative election, Berteloot contested the constituency of Nord's 15th. He won the seat in the second round, defeating EELV and NUPES affiliated candidate Emilie Ducourant.^[4]

Berteloot is openly gay and in interviews ahead of the legislative election stated that his experiences with homophobic bullying in school shaped his decision to get involved in politics.^[5] In an interview with Le Monde he said that he would not have joined the FN under the leadership of Jean-Marie Le Pen and would use position in politics to advance LGBT causes, but agreed with the FN's stance on immigration and supports efforts to stop illegal immigration into France. He has also said defending local farmers would be a core priority during his time in the National Assembly. In parliament, he sits as a member of the defense committee.^[6] Damien Top is employed as his parliamentary attaché.

References

1. "Flandre : Pierrick Berteloot ou l'illustration parfaite de l'image lissée du RN". La Voix du Nord. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
2. Taburet, Marceau (21 June 2022). "Marin, factrice, ouvrière agricole, femmes de ménage: Ces nouveaux métiers qui entrent à l'Assemblée nationale". Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
3. "Bourbourg : Le maire retire ses délégations à un conseiller ayant rejoint le Rassemblement national". La Voix du Nord (in French). 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
4. "Législatives : Comment le Rassemblement national a conquis la Flandre". La Voix du Nord. 19 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
5. "Waitress, boxer, policeman, supply boy … these professions that will probably be represented on the Meeting". Retrieved 27 June 2022.
6. "National Assembly: Pierrick Berteloot, the emblematic sailor of the new wave of the RN". Retrieved 29 January 2024.