Souad Zitouni

Souad Zitouni (; born 23 April 1974 in Boukadir) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022, representing the Vaucluse's 1st constituency.

Early life and education Zitouni was born in 1974 in Algeria, she was four years old when her family moved to France, to Marseille.

Zitouni studied at Aix-Marseille University, where she obtained a master's degree in public law

Political career Zitouni began her political activism with Ecology Generation,

Ten years later, Zitouni joined La République En Marche! Cesarini died on March 29, 2020, and Zitouni automatically succeeded him the next day.

In parliament, Zitouni joined the LREM group. She served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning.

In 2020, Zitouni joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.

Zitouni lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.

Political positions In 2020, Zitouni went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.