{{Short description|French politician}} {{distinguish|Christon Baptiste}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Christian Baptiste | image = | caption = | office = Deputy for Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly of France | prime_minister = | term_start = 19 June 2022 | term_end = | office1 = | term_start1 = | term_end1 = | successor1 = | office2 = | term_start2 = | term_end2 = | president2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|06|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = | alma_mater = | predecessor = Justine Benin | party = PPDG | other_party = NUPES }}
'''Christian Baptiste''' (born 18 June 1962) is a French politician who was elected to represent Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency in the 2022 legislative election.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Polls open in France for parliamentary election as Macron's second term remains on the line |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/french-elections-polls-open-5794400-Jun2022/ |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=TheJournal.ie |date=19 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Baptise ran as a member of the Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe, a left-wing party affiliated with the New Ecologic and Social People's Union (NUPES) coalition.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022. Christian Baptiste, nouvel homme fort de la 2e circonscription de la Guadeloupe |url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guadeloupe/legislatives-2022-suivez-le-depouillement-dans-la-2e-circonscription-1295656.html |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=Guadeloupe la 1ère |date=18 June 2022 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
== Biography == Baptiste formerly served as mayor of Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe.<ref name=":0" /> In 2022, Baptiste defeated incumbent Justine Benin to become the new member of the National Assembly for Guadeloupe's 2nd constituency. He received 58.65% of the vote versus the 41.35% received by Benin.<ref>{{Cite web |title=En direct - Législatives 2022 : les bureaux de vote ont ouvert en France métropolitaine |url=https://www.cnews.fr/france/2022-06-19/en-direct-legislatives-2022-les-bureaux-de-vote-ont-ouvert-en-france |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=CNEWS |language=fr}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baptiste, Christian}} Category:Living people Category:1962 births Category:Black French politicians Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Category:Mayors of places in Guadeloupe
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