Sarah Tanzilli (born 23 January 1985) is a French politician from Renaissance (RE). She was Member of Parliament for Rhône's 13th constituency from 2022 to 2024.
Sarah Tanzilli was born in Valence into a family of hairdressers from Armenia whose father was left-wing and her mother was right-wing.[1][2] She holds a Master 2 in public business law.[2] She is the mother of two children and has lived in Meyzieu since 2010.[3]
Sarah Tanzilli was recruited as a lawyer in the Lyon metropolitan area where she worked for six years.[1][4][3] She was then the collaborator of MP Danièle Cazarian during the 2017-2022 mandate.[4] She was a member of the Committee for the Defence of the Armenian Cause from 2012 to 2022.[2] chaired the House of Armenian Culture in Décines from 2017 to 2022.[4][2] She participated in the dissolution of the far-right Turkish nationalist group Grey Wolves.[2]
As a member of La République en marche, she was the candidate nominated by the Ensemble presidential majority in Rhône's 13th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election.[4] She came in first position in the first round, with 28.44% of the votes cast, ahead of Victor Prandt the NUPES candidate. In the second round, she won the seat with 62.65% of the votes cast.[5]
On 10 June 2024, she announced that she was a candidate for re-election in the snap 2024 French legislative election, while affirming that “France Insoumise is not in the Republican arc".[6][7] She was defeated in the first round of this election.