Vincent Rolland
{{short description|French politician(1970-present)}}
{{Expand French|topic=bio|date=August 2020}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vincent Rolland
| predecessor1 = Hervé Gaymard
| website = {{url|http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA266808|Official website}}
| alma_mater = University of Lyon
| party = Rally for the Republic (until 2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015)
The Republicans {{nowrap|(2015–present)}}
| death_place =
| death_date =
| birth_place = Moûtiers, France
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|2|1|df=y}}
| successor1 = Hervé Gaymard
| term_end1 = 19 June 2007
| honorific-suffix =
| term_start1 = 19 July 2002
| majority =
| successor =
| predecessor = Hervé Gaymard
| term_end =
| term_start = 21 June 2017
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Savoie's 2nd constituency
| image = File:Vincent-rolland73Savoie.jpg
| caption =
}}
Vincent Rolland (born 1 February 1970) is a French politician who has represented the 2nd constituency of the Savoie department in the National Assembly since 2017.{{Cite web|title=Vincent Rolland & Claudie Blanc-Eberhart {{!}} Agir pour la Savoie|url=https://www.vincentrolland.fr/votre-depute/vincent-rolland-et-claudie-blanc-eberhart.html|access-date=2020-08-28|website=www.vincentrolland.fr}} A member of The Republicans (LR), he previously held the seat from 2002 to 2007 as Hervé Gaymard's substitute following the latter's appointment to the government.
Biography
A ski instructor by occupation, Rolland has held a seat in the Departmental Council of Savoie (General Council of Savoie until 2015) since 1998. First elected for Bozel, he has been a departmental councillor for the canton of Moûtiers since 2015. Rolland held one of the departmental council's vice presidencies from 2004 to 2017 under the presidency of Hervé Gaymard.
Rolland was a municipal councillor of Pralognan-la-Vanoise from 1995 to 1997, when he became Deputy Mayor of Pralognan-la-Vanoise, a position he held until 2008. He was a municipal councillor of Albertville from 2008 to 2017.
He served as the member of the National Assembly for the 2nd constituency of Savoie from 2002 to 2007, before regaining the seat in 2017 following Gaymard's retirement from parliamentary politics. Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Rolland publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as The Republicans' candidate.Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/droite-51-parlementaires-s-engagent-derriere-michel-barnier-20211001 Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite] Le Figaro.
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Category:Rally for the Republic politicians
Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Category:The Republicans (France) politicians
Category:Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Members of Parliament for Savoie
Category:Departmental councillors (France)
Category:French city councillors
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