Joël Sarlot (5 July 1946 – 10 December 2017) was a French politician and veterinarian. Born on 5 July 1946 in

Belfort Belfort (; archaic german: Beffert/Beffort) is a city in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Northeastern France, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg, approximately from the France–Switzerland border. It is the prefecture of the Territo ...

, Sarlot trained as a veterinarian, and later moved to Nalliers, Vendée. He was a member of the

Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to c ...

and later joined the

Movement for France The Movement for France (french: Mouvement pour la France, MPF; ) was a conservative, soft Eurosceptic and Gaullist French political party, founded on 20 November 1994, with a marked regional stronghold in the Vendée. It was led by Philippe de ...

. Sarlot was first elected to the

Vendée Vendée (; br, Vande) is a department in the Pays de la Loire region in Western France, on the Atlantic coast. In 2019, it had a population of 685,442.

General Council in 1985 and served until 2015. In 1993, he was seated in the

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for the first time. Sarlot was reelected in 1997, and 2002. However, his 2007 electoral win was invalidated by the

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. Sarlot was named an alternate to the Assembly by his successor

Dominique Souchet Dominique Souchet (born July 9, 1946 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime) was a member of the National Assembly of France between 2008 and 2012. He represented the Vendée department, is a member of the Movement for France The Movement for F ...

, but campaigned for the seat outright in 2012, losing by approximately 1,300 votes to . Additionally, Sarlot served as president of the Pays-de-l'Hermenault federation (

Communauté de communes A ''communauté de communes'' (, "community of communes") is a federation of municipalities (communes) in France. It forms a framework within which local tasks are carried out together. It is the least-integrated form of ''intercommunalité'' (int ...

) from its establishment in 1996 to its merger with Pays de Fontenay in 2016. He actively promoted tourism in Vendée, leading the department's tourism committee until 2013. Sarlot resigned as deputy mayor of

Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salle () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. Geography The river Smagne forms all of the commune's southern border. See also *Communes of the Vendée department The fo ...

in 2017. He died on 10 December 2017, aged 71.

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