Brigitte Barèges

Politician

1953 –

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Who is Brigitte Barèges?

Brigitte Barèges is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Tarn-et-Garonne department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement.

She is mayor of Montauban since March 2001. She was reelected on 16 March 2008.

Barèges sparked a controversy when she voiced brusque opposition to proposals for legalized same-sex marriage: "Why not let people get married to animals too?"

Barèges sparked a controversy when she described a black person of her party as "humain stain".

Barèges was punished by French courts because she refused to celebrate the wedding of a foreign couple.

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Born
May 1, 1953

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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