Olivier Serva

A native of Pointe-à-Pitre, Serva led the Eko Zabym list in the 2014 municipal election in Les Abymes. In the 2015 regional election in Guadeloupe, he joined the United Guadeloupe, Solidary and Responsible list led by Ary Chalus. Following Chalus's election to the presidency of the Regional Council of Guadeloupe, Serva became his third vice president, tasked with economic development.

In the 2017 legislative election, Serva was elected to the National Assembly in the 1st constituency of Guadeloupe. Following his election to Parliament, he resigned from the municipal council of Les Abymes.

In Parliament, Serva serves on the Committee on Finance.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA720960 Olivier Serva] National Assembly. In 2020, Serva was the sole member of the La République En Marche group who abstained from the inaugural vote of confidence in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex.Valérie Peiffer (16 July 2020), [https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/castex-les-deputes-lrem-veulent-plus-qu-un-discours-16-07-2020-2384520_20.php Castex : les députés LREM veulent plus qu'un discours] Le Point.

Ahead of the 2022 legislative election, Serva left the LREM group to simply run as a member of the local Eko Zabym party. He was categorised as a miscellaneous left (DVG) candidate by the Ministry of the Interior and supported by La France Insoumise (FI) in the second round, which he won with just over 74% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=En direct - Législatives 2022 : les bureaux de vote ont ouvert en France métropolitaine |url=https://www.cnews.fr/france/2022-06-19/en-direct-legislatives-2022-les-bureaux-de-vote-ont-ouvert-en-france |access-date=2022-06-19 |website=CNEWS |language=fr}}

In the 16th National Assembly under the Fifth Republic, he sits with the newly-formed Liberties and Territories group.

Serva has apologised for saying in 2012 that homosexuality was an "abomination".{{Cite web|title=National Front's biggest challenges: Macron and itself|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/national-front-marine-le-pen-biggest-challenges-macron-and-itself-france-parliamentary-election/|last=Vinocur|first=Nicholas|date=2017-06-07|website=POLITICO|access-date=2020-05-18}}

In 2020, Serva was one of ten LREM group members who voted against the parliamentary group's majority to oppose a much discussed security bill drafted by fellow group members Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that aimed at, among other measures, curtailing the filming of police forces and the subsequent publishing thereof.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/scrutins/detail/(legislature)/15/(num)/3254 Analyse du scrutin n° 3254, deuxième séance du 24/11/2020: Scrutin public sur l'ensemble de la proposition de loi relative à la sécurité globale (première lecture)] National Assembly.Jules Darmanin (27 November 2020), [https://www.politico.eu/article/france-government-security-bill-plan-rewrite-up-in-arms/ French government plan to rewrite security bill has MPs up in arms] Politico Europe. The proposed measure was struck by the Constitutional Council down before it could go into application.

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Category:1974 births

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Category:People from Pointe-à-Pitre

Category:Guadeloupean politicians

Category:Regional councillors of France

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