Caroline Colombier Explained

Caroline Colombier
Office:Member of the National Assembly
for Charente's 3rd constituency
Term Start:22 June 2022
Predecessor:Jérôme Lambert
Office1:Member of the
Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Term Start1:1 July 2021
Birth Date:22 September 1957
Birth Place:Autun, France
Nationality:French
Party:National Rally
Occupation:Lawyer, politician

Caroline Colombier (in French pronounced as /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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographie Jean Bourdier, Journaliste, Ecrivain . (in French)
  2. Web site: Mme Caroline Colombier. assemblee-nationale.fr. fr. 26 June 2022.
  3. Web site: Législatives : Caroline Colombier élue, qui est la députée de la 3e circonscription de la Charente. francebleu.fr. fr. 19 June 2022. 20 June 2022.