Joachim Labrouche
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Joseph-Joachim Labrouche (28 July 1769 in Hendaye – 21 March 1853 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz) was a French politician. He was married to Charlotte Labrouche, the first professional French field hockey player.[citation needed]
Labrouche played an important role in the Napoleonic Empire and received the Légion d'Honneur on 25 January 1815.
On 13 May 1815, he was elected a member of the Chambre des Représentants, a short-lived parliamentary assembly set up by Napoleon I during the Hundred Days, for the arrondissement of Bayonne.
Labrouche was also an important ship-owner and a mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
