Philippe Olivier (French pronunciation: [filip ɔlivje]; born 30 August 1961) is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[1]

Philippe Olivier
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
In office
27 March 1992 – 28 March 2004
PresidentMichel Giraud
Jean-Paul Huchon
Personal details
Born (1961-08-30) 30 August 1961 (age 62)
Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne, France
Political partyNational Rally (1979–1998; 2016–present)
Other political
affiliations
National Republican Movement (1998–2000)
Spouse(s)Catherine Vareille (died 1993)
Marie-Caroline Le Pen
(m. 1999)
Children4
RelativesJean-Marie Le Pen (father-in-law)
Marine Le Pen (sister-in-law)
Jordan Bardella (son-in-law)
Marion Maréchal (niece-in-law)
Alma materParis-Est Créteil University
ProfessionLawyer

Olivier stood at the 2017 French parliamentary election in Pas-de-Calais's 7th constituency. He was defeated by Republicans candidate, Pierre-Henri Dumont in the second round.[2]

His wife, Marie-Caroline Le Pen, is the sister of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Législatives : Pierre-Henri Dumont (LR) élu à Calais face à Philippe Olivier (FN)". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ à 19h13, Par Nicolas GoinardLe 27 mai 2019 (27 May 2019). "Draveil : Philippe Olivier, le beau-frère de Marine Le Pen devenu Eurodéputé". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)