Laurence Arribagé (25 May 1970) is a French politician and communications advisor. She is a member of the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement ( ; UMP ) was a Liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in France, political party in France, largely inspired by the Gaullism, Gaullist tradition. During its existence, the UMP was o ...

party. She served as member of Parliament from 2014 to 2017. She is deputy mayor of

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since 2014. She was also elected regional councilor of

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from 2010 to 2014. She was departmental secretary of the UMP federation then Les Républicains de la Haute-Garonne from 2011 to 2016.

Biography

Laurence Arribagé was born in

Albi Albi (; ) is a commune in France, commune in southern France. It is the prefecture of the Tarn (department), Tarn Departments of France, department, on the river Tarn (river), Tarn, 85 km northeast of Toulouse. Its inhabitants are called ...

, France in 1970. She is married to

Dominique Arribagé Dominique Arribagé (born 11 May 1971) is a French football manager and former player who most recently was the manager of Toulouse in Ligue 1. Career Arribagé played for Toulouse FC Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional ass ...

and has children. She studied at

Toulouse 1 University Capitole Toulouse Capitole University (, ) is a public university in Toulouse, France. It is one of the three universities of the city of Toulouse, in southwestern France. The university, presided by Hugues Kenfack, focuses on social sciences, law, polit ...

. For the 2017 legislative elections, she was standing in the third constituency of Haute-Garonne. She is a member of the national assembly's committee on cultural affairs and education. She was elected MP on 1 June 2014, Jean-Luc Moudenc becoming her deputy.

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