Christophe Arend

French politician

Christophe Arend


Member of the French National Assembly for Moselle's 6th constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded by	Laurent Kalinowski
Succeeded by	Kévin Pfeffer

Personal details
Born	(1975-08-12) 12 August 1975 (age 48) Forbach, France
Political party	En Marche!
Education	Henri Poincaré University University of Burgundy
Profession	Dentist

Christophe Arend (born 12 August 1975) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections until 2022, representing Moselle's 6th constituency.^[1]

Political career

In parliament, Arend served as member of the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the French-German Parliamentary Friendship Group.^[2]

In April 2018, Arend joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.^[3]

References

^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ Christophe Arend French National Assembly.
^ John Irish and Marine Pennetier (April 5, 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.