Stéphane Ravier (; born 4 August 1969) is a French politician and former civil servant who has represented the

Bouches-du-Rhône Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and l ...

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in the

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since

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. A former member of the

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who joined

Reconquête Reconquête (; en, Reconquest), styled as Reconquête! (R!), is a nationalist political party in France founded in late 2021 by Éric Zemmour, who has since served as its leader. He was a far-right candidate in the 2022 presidential election, ...

in 2022, he previously held a seat in the

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from 2010 to 2016.French Senate: M. Stéphane Ravier
(in French)

Biography

A native of Gap, Ravier was first elected to the

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on the National Front list (renamed National Rally in 2018) led by

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (, born 20 June 1928) is a French far-right politician who served as President of the National Front from 1972 to 2011. He also served as Honorary President of the National Front from 2011 to 2015. Le Pen graduated from ...

. He held his seat until his resignation in early 2016. Ravier was elected to the

and reelected in

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—alongside

David Rachline David Rachline (born 2 December 1987) is a French politician for National Rally. He was elected mayor of Fréjus in March 2014 and elected to the French Senate in September 2014. Early life and education David Rachline was born the son of soci ...

, they became the first Front National candidates elected to the Senate. He was his party's top candidate in the

and 2020 municipal elections in

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fran ...

, in which he led lists that respectively placed second and third. He has been a

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of Marseille since 4 April 2014. He held the mayorship of 7th sector of Marseille (

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and 14th arrondissements) from 11 April 2014 to 22 September 2017. In February 2022, during

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its p ...

's presidential campaign, Ravier publicly endorsed far-right presidential rival

Éric Zemmour Éric Justin Léon Zemmour (; born 31 August 1958) is a French far-right politician, essayist, writer and former political journalist and pundit. He was an editor and panelist on ''Face à l'Info'', a daily show broadcast on CNews, from 2019 to ...

. He subsequently joined his new

party. He is currently one of two members of Reconquête in the Senate alongside

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References

External links

* (French
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravier, Stephane 1969 births Living people People from Gap, Hautes-Alpes Politicians from Marseille French city councillors French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Bouches-du-Rhône Mayors of places in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Members of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur National Rally (France) politicians Reconquête politicians