Alexis Corbière

Alexis Corbière (born 17 August 1968) is a French politician representing la France Insoumise. He was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Seine-Saint-Denis.[1] He is also the spokesperson for the FI and the party's leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Alexis Corbière
Member of the National Assembly
for Seine-Saint-Denis's 7th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byRazzy Hammadi
Personal details
Born (1968-08-17) 17 August 1968
Béziers, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa France Insoumise
Spouse(s)
Raquel Garrido (m. 2000)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Montpellier
Paris Diderot University
ProfessionTeacher

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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