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Delogu attended a [[lycée professionnel|vocational high school]] and was trained in sales, receiving a ''[[brevet de technicien supérieur]]'' (BTS) diploma as an external candidate.<ref name=":2" /> He afterwards worked as a clothing salesperson and security guard, before resuming his studies following the birth of his first child.<ref name=":2" /> Delogu was evicted from his home in 2012, and afterwards was homeless and lived out of his car.<ref name="M">{{cite web |language=fr |first=Alexandre|last=Vella |title=Marseille : Enfant des quartiers nord, de taxi à SDF, le député Nupes Sébastien Delogu « est un hybride » |work=[[20 minutes (France)|20 minutes]] |date=4 July 2022|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/3319603-20220704-marseille-enfant-quartiers-nord-taxi-sdf-depute-nupes-sebastien-delogu-hybride}}</ref> He subsequently became involved with the National Housing Confederation (CNL) in France.<ref name="M"/>
==Political career==
In 2016, Delogu became the spokesperson of the taxicab drivers in Marseille during their strike against [[Uber]], having worked as a nighttime taxicab driver near the [[Old Port of Marseille]] for nine years.<ref name="M"/> He also served as the Marseille representative in the national Taxi de France [[trade union]].<ref name="M"/> Delogu's union activities led him to meet [[Danielle Simonnet]], and he later joined her political party [[La France Insoumise]] (LFI) in 2017. Having previously been affiliated with the [[French Communist Party]], he chose to leave the party due to what he felt was a lack of diversity in the party's ranks.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |language=fr |first=Cédric |last=Mathiot |title=Est-il vrai que le chauffeur de Jean-Luc Mélenchon est sur la liste LFI pour les européennes ? |url=https://www.liberation.fr/checknews/2019/04/05/est-il-vrai-que-le-chauffeur-de-jean-luc-melenchon-est-sur-la-liste-lfi-pour-les-europeennes_1719066/ |work=[[Libération]] |date=5 April 2019}}</ref> During the [[2017 French legislative election|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.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="M" /> Following the conclusion of the campaign, Delogu did not return to his career as a taxicab driver and instead organized the renovation project of a [[école maternelle|preschool]] in the inner city of Marseille.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr |first=Gilles|last=Rof |title=A Marseille, la très politique rénovation d’une école par La France insoumise |work=[[Le Monde]]|date=21 July 2018|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/la-france-insoumise/article/2018/07/21/a-marseille-la-tres-politique-renovation-d-une-ecole-par-la-france-insoumise_5334418_5126047.html}}</ref> He additionally worked as a bartender and at concert venues.<ref name=":0" />
Delogu stood as a candidate in the [[2019 European Parliament election in France]], as the twenty-fourth candidate on the LFI list.<ref name=":1"/> During the campaign, Delogu organized a number of symbolic actions around Marseille, including the usage of smoke bombs in [[L'Estaque]] to denounce pollution caused by [[cruise ships]].<ref name=":1"/> The party ultimately won six seats in the [[European Parliament]], and Delogu was not elected.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr-FR |publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (France)|Ministry of the Interior]] |title=Résultats des élections européennes 2019 |url=https://mobile.interieur.gouv.fr/Archives/Archives-elections/Elections-europeennes-2019/Resultats-des-elections-europeennes-2019 |website=mobile.interieur.gouv.fr}}</ref> He had initially been slated to lead the LFI party list in Marseille during the [[2020 French municipal elections|2020 municipal elections]], but withdrew from the race in July 2019 due to the party's poor performance in the European Parliament election.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |language=fr-FR |first=Léo |last=Purguette |title=Marseille : Sébastien Delogu, l’insoumis qui tire sa révérence |url=https://www.lamarseillaise.fr/politique/sebastien-delogu-l-insoumis-qui-tire-sa-reverence-FGLM077398 |website=lamarseillaise.fr |date=16 July 2019}}</ref>
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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]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Left-wing French lawmaker suspended for waving Palestinian flag |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/05/28/left-wing-french-lawmaker-suspended-for-waving-palestinian-flag_6672921_6.html |date=2024-05-28 |access-date=2024-05-29 |work=[[Le Monde]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Garnier |first=Hugues |title=Drapeau palestinien brandi à l'Assemblée: le député LFI Sébastien Delogu "se fout" des sanctions |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/la-france-insoumise/drapeau-palestinien-brandi-a-l-assemblee-le-depute-lfi-sebastien-delogu-se-fout-des-sanctions_AN-202405280616.html |date=2024-05-28 |access-date=2024-05-30 |work=[[BFM TV]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref> This came two days after the [[Tel al-Sultan massacre]], where about 50 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on the [[Tel al-Sultan refugee camp]] in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name=":5"/> All of the left-wing parties in the National Assembly opposed Delogu's suspension, including LFI, the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]], [[The Ecologists (political party)|The Ecologists]], and the [[French Communist Party]].<ref name=":5"/><ref name="pol"/> [[Naïma Moutchou]] of the center-right [[Horizons (political party)|Horizons]] also criticized the suspension, claiming that it undermines the "credibility as an institution" of the Assembly as [[Sébastien Nadot]] was given just a warning for waving a flag in parliament.<ref name="pol">{{cite web |language=fr |first=Chez |last=Pol |title=Exclusion temporaire d'un député LFI pour avoir brandi un drapeau palestinien : une sanction disproportionnée pour la députée Horizons Naïma Moutchou |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/exclusion-temporaire-dun-depute-lfi-pour-avoir-brandi-un-drapeau-palestinien-une-sanction-disproportionnee-pour-naima-moutchou-20240529_BVFLFJYYIJAL3DEMO5NIOYCTNE/ |date=29 May 2024 |work=[[Libération]]}}</ref> LFI also pointed to [[Yaël Braun-Pivet]] of the centrist [[Renaissance (French political party)|Renaissance]], who wore an Israeli flag on her jacket in parliament.<ref name="pol"/> The reason given for Délogu's suspension was that his actions constituted "a demonstration disturbing the order or a tumultuous scene", provided for by Article 70 of the internal regulations of parliament.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Juliette|last1=Marie |first2=Erwan|last2=Alix |title=Député exclu après avoir brandi le drapeau palestinien : 4 questions sur les sanctions à l’Assemblée |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/politique/institutions/assemblee-nationale/depute-exclu-apres-avoir-brandi-le-drapeau-palestinien-4-questions-sur-les-sanctions-a-lassemblee-f02369f6-1d91-11ef-b54a-817f4879ea25 |work=[[Ouest-France]] |date=29 May 2024 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":5"/>
In the [[2024 French legislative election|2024 legislative election]], Delogu was reelected to the National Assembly in his constituency in the first round, receiving 59.67% of the vote and avoiding a runoff.<ref>{{cite web |title= Les résultats du premier tour des élections législatives dans la 7e circonscription des Bouches-du-Rhône |url= https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-legislatives-2024/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/#circonscription-07|work= [[Le Monde]] |date= 1 July 2024}}</ref>
== See also ==
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