Dominique Faure (born 28 August 1959) is a French politician of the Radical Party who has been serving as State Secretary for Rural Affairs in the

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since 2022. She was elected to the

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in the 2022 French legislative election in Haute-Garonne's 10th constituency.

Early life and career

Faure holds an engineering degree from INSA de Lyon and an MBA from

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. Following graduation, Faure worked in major companies – IBM,

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– and ran a human resources consulting firm before entering politics in the 2012 legislative elections. Together with her husband, she also owns a hotel.

Political career

From 2014 to 2022, Faure served as mayor of

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Personal life

Faure is married and has three children.Camille Bordenet (4 July 2022)
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References

1959 births Living people 21st-century French women politicians Radical Party (France) politicians Women government ministers of France Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Women members of the National Assembly (France) Members of the Borne government Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) People from Carcassonne French women engineers {{France-politician-stub