Laurent Lafon | |
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![]() Lafon in 2017 | |
Member of the Senate | |
Assumed office 1 October 2017 | |
Constituency | Val-de-Marne |
Personal details | |
Born | 18 November 1965 |
Political party | Union of Democrats and Independents |
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