Anne-Sophie Frigout (born 11 April 1991) is a French educator and politician affiliated to the

National Rally The National Rally (, , RN), known as the National Front from 1972 to 2018 (, , FN), is a French far-right politics, far-right political party, described as right-wing populist and French nationalism, nationalist. It is the single largest Nat ...

. She was elected as a deputy for

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during the

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. She was previously vice-president of the

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party. She was elected

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(MEP) in the

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. She is a candidate in

in the

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Biography

Frigout trained as a teacher and taught at a secondary school before working as a professor of geography and history at a further education college in

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. Frigout started in politics as a member of

and served as vice-president of the party. She was head of the list for Marne in the regional elections of 2015, alongside

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but was not elected. In 2021, she stood on the same list for the

and was successful. She stood for DLF in Marne's 1st constituency at the

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, but was eliminated in the first round, coming in seventh place. At the 2022 elections for the

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she was selected to stand in

and was elected to represent the seat. On 2 December 2022, her election was annulled by the Constitutional Council. She lost the seat in the second round of the by-election on 29 January 2023.

References

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