Edwige Diaz was born on 15 October 1987. Her grandfather was a
Spaniard and a
communist activist. After leaving
high school, Diaz studied for a
Master's degree in
Spanish. Diaz was a member of the
Union for a Popular Movement at college before joining the
National Rally. In June 2017, as a National Rally candidate for the
legislative election in the
Gironde's 11th constituency (north of Bordeaux), she obtained 23.7% of votes in the first round, and then 42.98% in the second round, losing to
LREM's Véronique Hammerer. She is a
regional councillor of
Nouvelle-Aquitaine. She received 43.80% of the vote. In 2021, she was the candidate of her party to lead the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. During the
2022 French legislative election, she was elected to the National Assembly for
Gironde's 11th constituency defeating
Véronique Hammerer and elected in the first round in the
2024 French legislative election. ==References==