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Aurélien Lopez-Liguori

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Aurélien Lopez-Liguori
Member of the National Assembly
for Hérault's 7th constituency
Assumed office
2022
Preceded byChristophe Euzet
Personal details
Born (1993-05-17) 17 May 1993 (age 31)
Aix-en-Provence, France
Political partyNational 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

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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

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  1. ^ "Who is Aurélien Lopez-Liguori, the new deputy for the 7th district of Hérault?". Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. ^ "Who is Aurélien Lopez-Liguori, the new deputy for the 7th district of Hérault?". Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Legislative: Aurélien Lopez-Liguori (RN) is elected deputy for the 7th constituency 34 with 59.19%". Retrieved 2022-06-19.