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Delogu was born on 8 June 1987 in [[Marseille]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=M. Sébastien Delogu - Bouches-du-Rhône (7e circonscription) |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA793464 |access-date=2023-02-11 |publisher=National Assembly |language=fr-FR}}</ref> His mother was a trade unionist for the [[General Confederation of Labour (France)|General Confederation of Labour]] (CGT) in [[Bouches-du-Rhône]] and vice-president of the [[Labour Court (France)|employment tribunal]] in [[Aix-en-Provence]], while his father was a taxicab driver.<ref name=":2"/> Through his mother, Delogu has Algerian and Spanish ancestry, while he has Armenian and Italian ancestry through his father.<ref name=":2"/> Delogu was raised in northern Marseille, in the inner city of the [[15th arrondissement of Marseille|15th arrondissement]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web |language=fr-FR |first=Pauline|last=Guigou |publisher=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] |title=Législatives 2022 : Sébastien Delogu, de chauffeur de taxi des quartiers Nord de Marseille à député des Bouches-du-Rhône |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/metropole-aix-marseille/marseille/quartiers-nord/legislatives-2022-sebastien-delogu-de-chauffeur-de-taxi-des-quartiers-nord-de-marseille-a-depute-des-bouches-du-rhone-2566756.html |website=france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr|date=20 June 2022}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |language=fr |first=Charlotte|last=Belaïch |title=Sébastien Delogu, priorité à gauche |url=https://www.liberation.fr/portraits/sebastien-delogu-priorite-a-gauche-20230519_KDWLSSL44ZAD7NFCT7222QKO7A/ |work=[[Libération]] |date=19 May 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>
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
==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" />
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