Laura Slimani

Laura Slimani is a French politician of The Ecologists. Since 2020, she has served as a deputy mayor of Rouen. From 2013 to 2015, she was the leader of the Young [Socialist Movement]. From 2015 to 2017, she served as president of Young European Socialists. In the 2019 [European Parliament election in France|2019 European Parliament election], she was a candidate for member of the European Parliament.
Slimani joined the Socialist [Party (France)|Socialist Party] in 2010. During the 2017 [French Socialist Party presidential primary|2017 Socialist Party presidential primary], she served as spokesperson for Benoît Hamon. In September 2017, she left the Socialist Party and joined Hamon's newly founded Génération.s. In the 2020 municipal elections, she ran alongside The Ecologists. During the 2021 [French Green Party presidential primary|2021 Green Party presidential primary], she supported Éric Piolle.