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Edwige Diaz
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Edwige Diaz in 2021
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| Member of the National Assembly for Gironde's 11th constituency |
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| Assumed office 22 June 2022 |
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| Preceded by | Véronique Hammerer |
| Member of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Assumed office 2020 |
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| President | Alain Rousset |
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| Born | 15 October 1987 Marseille, France |
| Political party | National Rally |
Edwige Diaz (born 15 October 1987) is a French politician of the National Rally.
Biography
Edwige Diaz was born on 15 October 1987. Her grandfather was a Spaniard and a communist activist. After leaving high school, Diaz studied for a Master's degree in Spanish language.
Diaz was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement at college before joining the National Rally. In June 2017, as a National Rally candidate for the legislative election in the Gironde's 11th constituency (north of Bordeaux), she obtained 23.7% of votes in the first round, and then 42.98% in the second round, losing to LREM's Véronique Hammerer.
She is a regional councillor of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
In 2020, she was a candidate in the municipal elections of Saint-Savin. She received 43.80% of the vote.
In 2021, she is the candidate of her party to lead the Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine. During the 2022 French legislative election, she was elected to the National Assembly for Gironde's 11th constituency defeating Véronique Hammerer.
