Ilana Cicurel

Ilana Cicurel
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 February 2020
Personal details
Born	(1972-02-08) 8 February 1972 (age 52) Paris, France
Political party	La République En Marche!
Alma mater	Panthéon-Sorbonne University Harvard Law School

Ilana Cicurel (born 8 February 1972) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2020.

Early life and education

Cicurel is the daughter of a French artist, Raymond Cicurel [fr], and the sister of French economist Michel Cicurel [fr].

She studied law at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, and is a Fulbright Scholar from Harvard Law School.

Early career

In 2008, Cicurel joined the Alliance israélite universelle where she was in charge of educational during the first three years, then served as General Manager until 2018.^[1]

Political career

Career in national politics

In 2017, Cicurel lost with a very short margin in the 2017 French legislative election.^[2]

Since November 2017, Cicurel has been part of LREM's executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.^[3]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In the 2019 European elections, Cicurel was placed in 23rd position on the list from La République En Marche!.^[4] After Brexit, she joined the European Parliament, when UK members seats were transferred to other countries.^[5][6] In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Culture and Education.^[7] In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliament’s delegation for relations with Israel.^[8]

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