Louis Aliot (; born 4 September 1969) is a French politician, a lawyer by profession, and the vice president of the

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(previously named National Front) since 16 January 2011. A member of the FN Executive Office, Executive Committee and Central Committee, Aliot has been a regional councillor since 1998 (

Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées (; oc, Miègjorn-Pirenèus or ; es, Mediodía-Pirineos) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by a ...

: 1998–2010,

Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon (; oc, Lengadòc-Rosselhon ; ca, Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and b ...

: 2010–) and a municipal councillor of

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

(2008–2009). Louis Aliot has been the

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of Perpignan since 3 July 2020.

Politics and elections (1998–2011)

Aliot was born in

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, Haute-Garonne, to a family of ethnic French and Algerian Jewish heritage, who had resided in Algeria (

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). In the

1998 French regional elections Regional elections were held in France on 15 March 1998. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 ''regions'', which, though they don't have legislative autonomy, manage sizeable budgets. The parliamentary right, led by the conserva ...

, he was elected regional councillor of the Midi-Pyrénées and represented the department of

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country' ...

during six years. He then became a close collaborator of FN leader

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and played an active role in Le Pen's 2002 electoral campaign. He was sent to Perpignan to re-launch a divided and weakened FN federation. In the 2004 regional elections, he led the FN list in the Midi-Pyrénées and polled 11.78% (141,598 votes) in the first round and 12.06% (149.417 votes) in the run-off with eight regional councillors elected. He has been a president of the FN group in the regional council during six years (2004–2010). In the 2008 municipal elections, he led the FN list in Perpignan, polling 12.29% in the first round (4,543 votes) and 10.42% in the run-off (4,368 votes) with two municipal councillors elected. His result was one of the few good results for the FN, which suffered severe loses nationwide. In the 2009 municipal by-election, he again led the FN list but lost his municipal seat in the first round (9.42%, 3,382 votes). Since June 2009, the FN is not represented in the municipal council of Perpignan. In order to take part in the run-off, a municipal list must cross the minimal threshold of 10% of the valid votes. In the 2009 European elections, he led the FN list in the South-West France constituency. Polling 5.94% (155,806 votes), he was not elected as MEP. In the 2010 regional elections, he led the departmental list in the

Pyrénées-Orientales Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea ...

whereas France Jamet led the regional list in the Languedoc-Roussillon. Polling 13.64% (19,785 votes) in the first round, his list achieved 19.99% (30,581 votes) in the run-off with two councillors elected in the Pyrénées-Orientales. After having sat during twelve years in the regional council of Midi-Pyrénées, he has been a regional councillor in the Languedoc-Roussillon since March 2010. On 14 March 2011, Louis Aliot and

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MEP accompanied

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MEP during her stay in

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island. On 15 March 2011, they together took part in an international press conference in Rome. In the 2011 cantonal elections, he was the FN candidate in the urban canton of Perpignan-9. Polling 34.61% (1,083 votes), he won the first round by a large margin. Despite an increase of 11.63% (514 votes) in the second round, he was defeated by the

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candidate supported by the UMP.

Since 2012

During the 2012

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, Aliot was the operational head of Marine Le Pen's campaign and one of her spokesmen. One of his most notable trips was to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

in December 2011 to meet local politicians and French citizens to establish links. He was, along with Florian Philippot, a spokesman for the party in the legislative elections. In the Pyrénées-Orientales' 1st constituency, he gathered 24.13% of votes in the first runoff, facing the candidates of the

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and the miscellaneous left, but he ended up in the third position with 23.24% in the second round; the candidate of the left won with 42.95%.

Municipal elections of 2020 in Perpignan

On 15 March, his list topped the first round with 35.65% of the vote, well ahead of the outgoing mayor, Jean-Marc Pujol (18.43%). In June 2020, it was reported that Aliot won the mayor election in Perpignan with 54 percent of the vote versus 46 percent for the sitting conservative mayor, Jean-Marc Pujol. it would be the first time Marine Le Pen's party has won a city of more than 100,000 people. He was replaced in Parliament by his substitute,

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Political mandates

* Regional councillor of Languedoc-Roussillon: since 26 March 2010 * Regional councillor of Midi-Pyrénées: 15 March 1998 – 21 March 2010 (leader of the FN group 2004–2010) * Municipal councillor of Perpignan: 23 March 2008 – 21 June 2009

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aliot, Louis 1969 births Living people 20th-century French lawyers Politicians from Toulouse National Rally (France) MEPs French people of Algerian-Jewish descent MEPs for South-West France 2014–2019 Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic National Rally (France) politicians