Alexis Jolly
{{Short description|French politician (born 1990)}}
{{infobox Politician
| name = Alexis Jolly
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Isère's 6th constituency
| term_start = 22 June 2022
| term_end =
| image = Alexis Jolly à l'Assemblée nationale en 2022.jpg
| predecessor = Cendra Motin
| office1 = Member of the
Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
| term_start1 = 4 January 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_name =
| birth_place = Besançon, France
| nationality = French
| party = National Rally
| otherparty =
| spouse =
| occupation = Businessman
}}
Alexis Jolly (born 22 December 1990) is a French businessman and politician who has represented the 6th constituency of the Isère department in the National Assembly since 2022. He is a member of the National Rally (RN).
Biography
Jolly was born in 1990. He is the co-founder and manager of a business selling and renting mountaineering and camping equipment.{{cite web |url=https://projetarcadie.com/content/alexis-jolly |title=Alexis Jolly |access-date=2022-06-28 |archive-date=2022-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629190136/https://projetarcadie.com/content/alexis-jolly |url-status=live }} He joined the National Rally (then National Front) at age 18.
He was elected as a municipal councillor in Échirolles in 2014 and as a regional councillor in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in 2015.{{cite web|title=Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014 - Isère (38) - Echirolles.|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__MN2014/(path)/MN2014/038/038151.html|website=Ministère de l'Intérieur|access-date=28 June 2022|publication-date=|archive-date=14 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414113641/https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__MN2014/(path)/MN2014/038/038151.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Résultats des élections régionales 2015 - Conseil Régional de la région : Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes.|url=https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Regionales/elecresult__regionales-2015/(path)/regionales-2015/84/CR84.html|website=Ministère de l'Intérieur|access-date=25 June 2022|publication-date=|archive-date=3 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703080000/https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Regionales/elecresult__regionales-2015/(path)/regionales-2015/84/CR84.html|url-status=live}} As a municipal councillor of Échirolles, he sat as a metropolitan councillor of Grenoble-Alpes Métropole from 2014 until his resignation from the municipal council in 2022.{{efn|A conseiller communautaire until 2015, when he became a conseiller métropolitain as Grenoble-Alpes Métropole became a métropole from a communauté d'agglomération.}}
Ahead of the 2022 legislative election, Jolly, the party leader in Isère, was selected by the National Rally to contest its 6th constituency. His campaign messages included cutting VAT tax on energy bills and restoring purchasing power for French citizens. He was elected to the constituency, defeating outgoing La République En Marche! representative Cendra Motin. He became the first Member of Parliament elected for the National Rally in Isère since Bruno Mégret in 1986.{{cite web |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/legislatives-2022-alexis-jolly-devient-le-premier-depute-rassemblement-national-elu-en-isere-2566264.html |title=Legislative 2022: Alexis Jolly becomes the first RN deputy elected in Isère |date=19 June 2022 |access-date=2022-06-28 |archive-date=2022-06-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620063111/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/isere/legislatives-2022-alexis-jolly-devient-le-premier-depute-rassemblement-national-elu-en-isere-2566264.html |url-status=live }} In Parliament, Jolly sits on the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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Category:Politicians from Besançon
Category:National Rally politicians
Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Members of Parliament for Isère
Category:Members of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes