Caroline Colombier

Caroline Colombier (French pronunciation: [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.

Caroline Colombier
Member of the National Assembly
for Charente's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byJérôme Lambert
Member of the
Regional Council of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Assumed office
1 July 2021
Personal details
Born (1957-09-22) 22 September 1957
Autun, France
Political partyNational Rally
OccupationLawyer, politician

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.

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