Aurélien Lopez-Liguori
French politician
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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.
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 |
| Party | National Rally |
Biography
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.[1] 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.[2][3]
He was re-elected in the first round of the 2024 legislative elections with 51.66% of the vote.[4] He sits with the RN group and is a member of the National Assembly's Law Commission.[5] He defends the concept of digital sovereignty.[6]
