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DeutschCaroline Colombier
Caroline Colombier | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly for Charente's 3rd constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jérôme Lambert |
| Member of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 September 1957 Autun, France |
| Political party | National Rally |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Caroline Colombier (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔlin kɔlɔ̃bje]; born 22 August 1957) is a French lawyer and politician who has represented the 3rd constituency of the Charente department in the National Assembly since 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN), she has also been a regional councillor of Nouvelle-Aquitaine since 2021.
Biography[edit]
Colombier grew up in Saône-et-Loire. Her father was author, politician and journalist Jean Bourdier, a founding member of the National Front (later National Rally) in 1972.[1][2] She is the sister-in-law of politician Jacques Colombier. Her husband is originally from Charente-Maritime.
Colombier, a lawyer by occupation, is a member of the bar of Paris.[3] She first joined the youth wing of the National Front, the Front National de la Jeunesse (now known as Génération Nation), in 1974.[3]
She has been a member of the Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine since 2021. She won a seat in the National Assembly in the 2022 legislative election, which she contested in the 3rd constituency of Charente. Colombier won with a majority of 193 second-round votes and 50.2% of the vote. She succeeded Jérôme Lambert in Parliament, who lost his miscellaneous left reelection bid after failing to reach the second round.
References[edit]
- ^ "Biographie Jean Bourdier, Journaliste, Ecrivain". (in French)
- ^ "Mme Caroline Colombier". assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ a b "Législatives : Caroline Colombier élue, qui est la députée de la 3e circonscription de la Charente". francebleu.fr (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.