Aurélien Lopez-Liguori
Aurélien Lopez-Liguori | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Hérault's 7th constituency | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Christophe Euzet |
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| Born | 17 May 1993 Aix-en-Provence, France |
| Political party | National Rally |
Aurélien Lopez-Liguori (born 17 May, 1993) is a French politician for the National Rally (RN). He was elected as a deputy in the National Assembly for Hérault's 7th constituency in 2022.
Biography
[edit]Lopez-Liguori was born and raised in Aix-en-Provence. His parents are both pieds-noirs who were born in French Algeria of Spanish and Italian origin. He was a semi-professional rugby player until suffering an injury in 2012.[1]
He has claimed he was interested in politics at school but stated the Charlie Hebdo shooting influenced his decision to become politically active. He campaigned for Nicolas Dupont-Aignan during the 2017 French presidential election before joining the National Rally in 2019. He was employed as a researcher on European international affairs in the European Parliament and worked as an assistant to National Rally MEP Jean-Lin Lacapelle. He was elected as a municipal councilor of Sète in 2020 for the FN.[2] He contested the seat of Hérault's 7th constituency during the 2022 French legislative election. During the election, incumbent deputy Christophe Euzet failed to make the second round leaving Lopez-Liguori and French Communist Party candidate (running affiliated to NUPES) Garbiel Blasco. During the second round he defeated Blasco and was elected to represent the constituency.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Who is Aurélien Lopez-Liguori, the new deputy for the 7th district of Hérault?". Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Who is Aurélien Lopez-Liguori, the new deputy for the 7th district of Hérault?". Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Legislative / Hérault (34-7): big victory for Aurélien Lopez-Liguori of the National Rally against Gabriel Blasco (NUPES)". 19 June 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
- ^ "Legislative: Aurélien Lopez-Liguori (RN) is elected deputy for the 7th constituency 34 with 59.19%". Retrieved 2022-06-19.
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