Laurent Panifous

Laurent Panifous (French pronunciation: [lɔʁɑ̃ panifus]; born 21 December 1976) is a French politician who has served as Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament in the second government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu since 12 October 2025. A former member of the Socialist Party, he was elected to the National Assembly for the 2nd constituency of the Ariège department in the 2022 legislative election.^[1] Earlier in 2025, he was elected president of the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories group in the National Assembly.

Laurent Panifous
Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2025
Prime Minister	Sébastien Lecornu
Preceded by	Mathieu Lefèvre
President of the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories group in the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 February 2025
Preceded by	Stéphane Lenormand
Member of the National Assembly for Ariège's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2022
Preceded by	Michel Larive
Mayor of Le Fossat
In office 30 March 2014 – 28 July 2022
Preceded by	Bernard Campmas
Succeeded by	Véronique Arnaud
Personal details
Born	(1976-12-21) 21 December 1976 (age 48) Foix, Ariège, France
Political party	Socialist Party (until 2022)

Biography

Panifous was the director of an établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes (EHPAD), a residential aged care.^[1]

Political career

Locally, Panifous was mayor of Le Fossat from 2014 to 2022 and president of the communauté de communes Arize-Lèze from 2017 to 2022.^[1]

In the 2022 legislative election, he was elected to the National Assembly in the 2nd constituency of Ariège. A dissident of the Socialist Party, he benefited in the interval between the two rounds from the presidential majority's call to vote in his favour against Michel Larive, the outgoing deputy and the New Ecological and Social People's Union candidate, an alliance including the Socialist Party.^[2] He announced wanting to offer a "responsible opposition" to President Emmanuel Macron.^[3]

In early 2025, he was elected president of the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories group in the National Assembly. Later in 2025, he was appointed Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament upon Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's second government taking office.