Alexis Corbière
Alexis Corbière (French pronunciation: [alɛksi kɔʁbjɛʁ]; born 17 August 1968) is a French politician. A member of La France Insoumise (FI), he has been member of the National Assembly for the 7th constituency of the Seine-Saint-Denis department since 2017.[1] Corbière is also a spokesperson for La France Insoumise and the party's leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the 2017 French presidential election.
Alexis Corbière | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Seine-Saint-Denis's 7th constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Razzy Hammadi |
Personal details | |
Born | Béziers, France | 17 August 1968
Political party | Left Party (since 2008) La France Insoumise (since 2016) |
Other political affiliations | Revolutionary Communist League (1993–1997) Socialist Party (1998–2008) |
Spouse |
Raquel Garrido (m. 2000) |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Montpellier Paris Diderot University |
Profession | Teacher |
A former member of the Revolutionary Communist League from 1993 to 1997, Corbière then joined the Socialist Party where he was elected as the deputy mayor for the 12th arrondissement of Paris in 2001 and would continue to hold this position until 2014.[2] In 2008, Corbière, Mélenchon, and several others left the PS and founded the Left Party. He was also elected to the Council of Paris the same year. He headed FI's first national convention in the suburbs of Lille in 2016.
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