Sébastien Delogu

Sébastien Victor Delogu (; born 8 June 1987) is a French politician and trade unionist of who has been representing Bouches-du-Rhône's 7th constituency in the National Assembly since 2022. A taxicab driver by profession, Delogu rose to prominence in 2016 after becoming the spokesperson for taxicab drivers in Marseille during their strike against Uber.

Initially affiliated with the French Communist Party, Delogu joined La France Insoumise in 2017 to support the campaign of Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2017 legislative election. He was later elected to the National Assembly in the 2022 legislative election, and reelected in the 2024 legislative election.

Early life and education Delogu was born on 8 June 1987 in Marseille. His mother was a trade unionist for the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in Bouches-du-Rhône and vice-president of the employment tribunal in Aix-en-Provence, while his father was a taxicab driver. He subsequently became involved with the National Housing Confederation (CNL) in France. During the 2017 legislative election, Delogu volunteered as a driver and bodyguard for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and left his profession as a taxicab driver in order to focus on the campaign. He additionally worked as a bartender and at concert venues. He had initially been slated to lead the LFI party list in Marseille during the 2020 municipal elections, but withdrew from the race in July 2019 due to the party's poor performance in the European Parliament election.

Member of the National Assembly In 2022, Delogu was selected to stand as a candidate for LFI and the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) electoral alliance in the 7th constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône in the 2022 legislative election. Following the first round of voting, Delogu came first, and he was later elected in the second round with 64.68% of the vote. Upon his election, he was seated in the National Assembly.

On 28 May 2024, Delogu was suspended from the National Assembly for 15 days and docked half of his parliamentary salary for two months after waving the flag of Palestine during a parliamentary debate on the French recognition of the State of Palestine. This came two days after the Tel al-Sultan attack, where about 50 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on the Tel al-Sultan refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. LFI also pointed to Yaël Braun-Pivet of the centrist Renaissance, who wore an Israeli flag on her jacket in parliament. Scholar Benjamin Morel noted that the suspension was "very elevated, more than what is practiced for this type of act" and that it "remains a political assessment, according to the sensitivity of the subject, linked to its conjuncture and political reading". Delogu later brought the case to the European Court of Human Rights two days later.

Legal case As of 2024, Delogu is facing trial for "aggravated violence" and "refusal to submit to identification survey operations" regarding an incident that took place in front of the Saint-Exupéry high school in his constituency on 10 March 2023. A communication from the public prosecutor's office reports that an investigation was opened against him on suspicion of having caused, for two of the high school's members of management, "a total incapacity for work (French: incapacité totale de travail, ITT) not exceeding eight days" after he kicked their ankles during a protest against the pensions reform on that day. A first hearing on 13 December 2023 was adjourned to 25 June 2024 and then to January 2025 to avoid a judgment during the legislative elections campaign.