Laurent Duplomb (born 24 October 1971) is a French politician of The Republicans serving as a member of the Senate since 2017. He is also a dairy farmer and an agricultural unionist.
As a representative of the National federation of farm operators unions (FNSEA), he was president of the Haute-Loire's chamber of agriculture. He was also one of the regional presidents of the dairy group Sodiaal and member of the Candia supervisory board.
In 2025, he introduced the Senate's controversial "" (loi Duplomb), which in its original form, aimed to reintroduce use of a banned pesticide of the neocotinoid family on human and pollinators insects.
Biography Born in 1971, he is the son of a laborer and a housewife living in Rive-de-Gier.[PDF] Bulletin municipal de Saint-Paulien. [archive] He chose to become a dairy farmer.Oriane Mollaret, « [archive] », Politis, 26 mai 2025 He obtained a brevet de technicien supérieur in animal production and meet during his education his future spouse, studying in the same school.Laurence Girard, « [archive] », Le Monde, 30 juin 2025. He moved with her in his parents in-laws' dairy farm in 1995. He then began a union career by joining the Jeunes agriculteurs (JA) union, affiliated to the FNSEA. After that he started his political career, positioning himself in favor of a productivist agriculture.
Political career In the 2007 legislative election, Duplomb was a candidate for the National Assembly in Haute-Loire's 2nd constituency.
From 2010 to 2017, Duplomb served as mayor of Saint-Paulien.
From 2014 to 2017, he is president of the Massif central region and the Haute-Loire's section of the third biggest French dairy group Sodiaal.Simon Barbarit, « [archive] », sur Public Sénat, 26 mai 2025 (consultated 6 juin 2025).
In the Republicans' 2025 leadership election, Duplomb endorsed Laurent Wauquiez to succeed Éric Ciotti as the party's new chair and joined his campaign team.Emmanuel Galiero (11 March 2025), Présidencew des Républicains : Laurent Wauquiez dévoile son équipe et sa stratégie Le Figaro.
In September 2022, he is the coorifdinator of a senatorial report denouncing the state of French agriculture and calling to more competitiveness in order to improve France's food sovereignty.« [archive] », sur Public Sénat, 3 octobre 2022 (consultated 27 septembre 2023).
He is reelected senator on the 24 of September 2023.
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