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Birth Name: Jean-Luc Antoine Pierre Mélenchon
Place of Birth: Tangier, Tangier International Zone, now Morocco
Date of Birth: 19 August, 1951
Ethnicity: *75% Spanish [Castilian, Valencian] *25% Italian [Neapolitan, Sicilian]
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a French politician. He has been Minister Delegate for Vocational Education, from 27 March, 2000 to 6 May, 2002, and President of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly, from 27 June, 2017 to 12 October, 2021; as well as, a Senator for Essonne, from 2 October, 1986 to 27 April, 2000, and again, from 1 October, 2004 to 7 January, 2010; a Member of the European Parliament for South-West France, from 14 July, 2009 to 18 June, 2017, and a Member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône’s 4th constituency, from 21 June, 2017 to 21 June, 2022. He was the candidate for La France insoumise in the 2017 and 2022 French presidential elections.
He was born in Tangier, to a father of Spanish descent and a mother of Spanish and Italian ancestry. Jean-Luc’s father, Georges Mélenchon, is a postmaster. Jean-Luc’s mother, Jeanine Bayona, is a primary school teacher. His family moved to France in 1962. Jean-Luc has one child with his former wife Bernadette Abriel.
Juan-Luc’s patrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandfather, Francisco Melenchón.
Jean-Luc’s paternal grandfather was Antonio Miguel Melenchón Martínez (or Antoine Mélenchon in French, the son of Bernabé Melenchón y Castillejo and María de los Dolorès Martínez Hurtado). Antonio was a Spanish emigrant, from Mula, Murcia. Bernabé was the son of Bernabé Melinchón/Melenchón y Talavera and Josefa Castillejo y Toledo. Dolorès was the daughter of Manuel Martínez Espín and María Hurtado Martínez.
Jean-Luc’s paternal grandmother was Aimée Canicio (the daughter of François Canicio and Joaquina Serrano Avargues). Aimée was born in Arzew, Oran, Algeria. François was born in Saint-Denis du Sig, Sig, Mascara Province, Algeria, the son of Spanish emigrants, Francisco Pedro José (or François in French) Canicio Sepulcre, of Novelda, Alicante, and María Josefa (or Joséphine in French) Cardona Crespo, of Benissa, Alicante. Jean-Luc’s great-grandmother Joaquina was born in Saint-Denis du Sig, the daughter of Spanish emigrants, Juan Francisco Serrano Castillo, of Elche, Alicante, and María Rita Avargues Garcela, of Calp, Alicante.
Jean-Luc’s maternal grandfather was named Francisco Bayona (or François in French). Francisco was a Spanish emigrant, from Valencia, Valencia.
Jean-Luc’s maternal grandmother was Jeanne Emmanuelle Caserta (the daughter of Jean Caserta and Caterina, or Catherine in French, Alaimo). Jean-Luc’s grandmother Jeanne was born in Guyotville, Ain Benian, Algiers Province, Algeria. Jean-Luc’s great-grandfather Jean was born in Algiers, the son of Italian emigrant, Emmanuel/Emmanuele Caserta, of Ustica, Palermo, and of Catherine Volto/Oliveri, who was of half Sicilian and half Neapolitan descent. Jean-Luc’s great-grandmother Caterina was also born in Ustica, the daughter of Francesco (or François in French) Alaimo and Caterina (or Catherine in French) Licciardi.
Sources: Genealogies of Jean-Luc Mélenchon – http://gw.geneanet.org https://www.geni.com
Baptismal record of Jean-Luc’s paternal great-great-grandfather, Bernabé Melinchón/Melenchón y Talavera – https://familysearch.org