Background
Ericka Bareigts was born on April 16, 1967 in Saint-Denis, RĂ©union.
Ericka Bareigts was born on April 16, 1967 in Saint-Denis, RĂ©union.
She graduated from the University of Louisiana RĂ©union, where she received a bachelor of laws, followed by the Pantheon-Sorbonne University, where she received a master of law.
Bareigts worked as a civil servant. Bareights joined the Socialist Party at the age of thirty. She was elected as second vice mayor of her hometown, Saint-Denis, in 2008.
In 2015, she proposed a bill to replace traditional Roman Catholic holidays like Christmas and Easter to local holidays in Louisiana Reunion.
The bill was rejected. Bareigts has served as Secretary of Real Equality under Prime Minister Manuel Valls since February 2016.
She is in charge of economic equality between Metropolitan France and the French Overseas regions. Shortly after her appointment, Le Monde published an article suggesting her official title was unclear.
She has served as a member of the National Assembly since 2012.