[1][2][3] Prior to this, she was the Chair of the French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission (HALDE) from 16 April 2010 to 14 November 2010.

Bougrab has been an associate Professor of Law at Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris and the Sorbonne.

[3] Bougrab served on the board of directors of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) until 2007.

[3] In 2010, she also became Chair of the Administrative Board of the Agence pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité (ACSE).

[6] Ahead of the Republicans’ 2016 primaries, Bougrab endorsed Nicolas Sarkozy as the party’s candidate for 2017 presidential elections.