1. Laetitia Avia's parents moved there from Togo, where her father studied engineering and her mother was a midwife.
13 Facts About Laetitia Avia
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Laetitia Avia studied at Sciences Po in Paris and McGill University's law school in Montreal.
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Laetitia Avia began her career as a corporate lawyer with Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier before co-founding APE Avocats in 2016.
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When Emmanuel Macron created his own party in 2016, then called En Marche, Laetitia Avia joined and offered her help.
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Laetitia Avia was one of the first fourteen candidates selected by Macron to run as LREM candidate for the 2017 French legislative election.
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Laetitia Avia won the eighth district of Paris with 65 percent of the vote.
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From late 2017 on, Laetitia Avia was part of LREM's 20-member executive board under the leadership of the party's chairman Christophe Castaner, in charge of communications.
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In September 2018, after Richard Ferrand's election as president of the National Assembly, Laetitia Avia announced her candidacy to succeed him as chair of the LREM group.
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Laetitia Avia later denied the bite, saying that she had grabbed him by the shoulder.
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Laetitia Avia filed a complaint against the driver for attempted theft and kidnapping while the driver filed a claim against her for assault.
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The publication of this article happened the day before the final vote at the parliament for a law brought forth by Mrs Laetitia Avia and aiming at censoring hate speech online.
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In May 2018, Laetitia Avia co-sponsored an initiative in favour of legalizing assisted reproductive technology for all women.
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Laetitia Avia is married and lives with her partner in Vincennes.