page_title: Black people in France
section_title: Afro-French or Kanak members of the French Parliament or government from overseas France
hierarchical_section_title: Black people in France / Notable people / In French politics / Afro-French or Kanak members of the French Parliament or government from overseas France
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: la députée salle des quatre colonnes.
context_page_description: French Black people or Black people in France are French citizens or residents who are of black African or Melanesian ancestry.
context_section_description: There have been dozens of Afro-Caribbean, Kanak, and Afro-French MPs representing overseas electoral districts at the French National Assembly or at the French Senate, and several government members.
  Roger Bambuck, Minister of Youth and Sports from 1988 to 1991.
  Aimé Césaire, mayor of Fort-de-France and deputy from Martinique for the PCF/Martinican Progressive Party.
  Jean-Louis d'Anglebermes, Kanak politician from Caledonian Union.
  Félix Éboué, French Guianan-born colonial administrator and Free French leader.
  Laura Flessel-Colovic, she became the Sport Minister in 2017.
  Serge Letchimy, deputy for Martinique Socialist Party, Letchimy is also of partial Tamil descent.
  Gaston Monnerville, politician and lawyer, he was the president of the Senate from 1958 to 1968.
  Maurice Ponga, New Caledonian politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Overseas constituency from 2009 to 2019.
  Christiane Taubira, deputy from French Guiana, was the first black candidate to a French presidential election, in 2002. In 2012, she became the Justice Minister until 2016.
caption: Laetitia Avia is an MP from Paris for La République En Marche!
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