Brigitte Barèges

French politician

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Brigitte Barèges


Mayor of Montauban
In office 24 March 2001 – 9 February 2021
Preceded by	Roland Garrigues (PS)
Succeeded by	Axel de Labriolle (LR)
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 December 2021
Preceded by	Axel de Labriolle (LR)
Member of the National Assembly for Tarn-et-Garonne's 1st constituency
In office 19 June 2002 – 12 June 2012
Preceded by	Roland Garrigues
Succeeded by	Valérie Rabault

Personal details
Born	(1953-05-01) 1 May 1953 (age 71) Toulouse, France
Political party	The Republicans (LR)

Brigitte Barèges (born 1 May 1953 in Toulouse) is a member of the National Assembly of France.^[1] She represents the Tarn-et-Garonne department, The Republicans.^[1]

She is mayor of Montauban since March 2001.^[1] She was reelected for a second term on 16 March 2008, then for a third term on 30 March 2014.

Barèges sparked a controversy when she voiced brusque opposition to proposals for legalized same-sex marriage: "Why not let people marry animals, too?"^[2]

Barèges sparked a controversy when she described a black person of her party as "humain stain".^[3]

Barèges was punished by French courts because she refused to celebrate the wedding of a foreign couple.^[4]

On 17 February 2014, the prosecutor announces that it will conduct an investigation for embezzlement of public funds. Despite this challenge on the judicial front, on 30 March 2014, Barèges won the municipal elections in Montauban for a third term. During the summer of 2014, CNCCFP rejects the accounts for the municipal elections. On 21 October 2014, following the rejection of her campaign accounts, Barèges was condemned to one year of ineligibility and non-reimbursement of campaign expenses by the Administrative Court of Toulouse. The court mentioned the use of municipality funds to fund an illegal advertising campaign during the election.^[5]

On 9 February 2021, she is condemned to an 18 months prison suspended sentence, a 15 000 € fine and five years of ineligibility with immediate effect. Therefore, she is not mayor of Montauban anymore from that same day.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Brigitte Barèges". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ "Mariage homosexuel: Et pourquoi pas des unions avec des animaux?". Francesoir.fr (in French). France Soir. 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
^ "La blague douteuse de Brigitte Barèges" (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Une maire UMP condamnée pour refus de mariage" (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "Brigitte Barèges, maire UMP de Montauban, déclarée inéligible pour un an" [Brigitte Barèges, UMP mayor of Montauban, declared ineligible for one year]. lemonde.fr (in French). Le Monde. 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
^ Lebrun, Olivier; Danyel, Pascale (9 February 2021). "Brigitte Barèges condamnée à cinq ans d'inéligibilité n'est plus maire de Montauban". France Bleu Occitanie. Retrieved 9 February 2021.