Alexandre Basquin
Alexandre Basquin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Éric Bocquet |
| Constituency | Nord |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1981 |
| Party | French Communist Party |
Alexandre Basquin (born 21 September 1981) is a French politician serving as a member of the Senate since 2024.[1] From 2014 to 2024, he served as mayor of Avesnes-les-Aubert.[2]
Biography
From 2010 to 2018, Alexandre Basquin was the organizational secretary of the Northern Federation of the French Communist Party (PCF), which was then led by Fabien Roussel.[3]
In the 2011 cantonal elections, he was the Front de gauche candidate for the canton of Carnières, coming fourth with 15.44% of the votes cast.[4] In the 2015 departmental elections, he stood for the same party in the new Canton of Caudry, coming fourth with 11.62% of the votes cast.[5]
Elected mayor of Avesnes-les-Aubert in 2014, a municipality of 3,600 inhabitants in the Cambrésis region,[6][7] he has also been fourth vice-president of the Caudrésis Urban Community since April 17, 2014. - Catésis, responsible for Housing, Unsanitary Conditions, and the Local Housing Plan, a position he held from 2017 to 2020. After that date, his portfolios were reduced to Housing.[8]
He succeeded Éric Bocquet as senator for the Nord department following the latter's resignation,[9] who wanted to “prepare for the future and bring in the next generation.”[10]
He was his predecessor's parliamentary aide during his thirteen years in national office.[11]
He is a member of the Communist Party and sits on the Communist, Republican, Citizen and Ecologist group.
After Second inauguration of Donald Trump, Alexandre Basquin made headlines by calling for a mass exodus from social media in an open letter addressed to ministers, parliamentarians, the media, and all citizens.[12]
References
- ^ "M. Alexandre Basquin" (in French). Senate.
- ^ "Maire d'Avesnes-les-Aubert, Alexandre Basquin succède à Éric Bocquet comme sénateur du Nord". La Voix du Nord (in French). 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Alexandre Basquin (PC) est candidat aux municipales à Avesnes-les-Aubert". La Voix du Nord.
- ^ "Résultat des élections cantonales de 2011 dans le canton de Carnières". interieur.gouv.fr Ministère de l'intérieur.
- ^ « Résultats de 2015 dans le canton de Caudry », archives-resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr
- ^ "Le sénateur PCF Eric Bocquet quitte le Sénat : « Il faut continuer à éveiller les consciences sur la finance »". Public Sénat (in French).
- ^ "Alexandre Basquin succède à Éric Bocquet au Sénat : « Je suis honoré de pouvoir défendre le Cambrésis et ses habitants »". La Voix du Nord (in French).
- ^ Hélène Harbonnier. "Serge Siméon réélu président de l'agglo, avec un bureau renouvelé et féminisé". La Voix du Nord.
- ^ "Maire d'Avesnes-les-Aubert, Alexandre Basquin succède à Éric Bocquet comme sénateur du Nord". La Voix du Nord (in French).
- ^ "Après treize ans en fonction, le communiste Eric Bocquet démissionne de son mandat de sénateur du Nord - France Bleu". ici par France Bleu et France 3 (in French).
- ^ "Trombinoscope des collaborateurs de Sénateur par ordre alphabétique". senat.fr.
- ^ Sonia Laigle. "Investiture de Donald Trump : ce sénateur appelle à se déconnecter des réseaux sociaux". L'Observateur.fr.