Karl Olive
Karl Olive | |
|---|---|
 Olive in 2022 | |
| Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines's 12th constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Florence Granjus |
| Mayor of Poissy | |
| In office 29 March 2014 – 3 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Frédérik Bernard |
| Succeeded by | Sandrine Berno Dos Santos |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karl Franck Olive 29 March 1969 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
| Party | Renaissance (2022–present) |
Other party | Union for a Popular Movement (2010–2015) The Republicans (2015–2019) Independent (2019–2022) |
| Relatives | Brigitte Olive (sister) |
| Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis | |
Karl Franck Olive (French pronunciation: [kaʁl ɔliv]; born 29 March 1969) is a French sports journalist, television producer, entrepreneur and politician who has represented the 12th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly since 2022.[1] He is a former member of The Republicans (LR), which he left in 2019 prior to joining La République En Marche! (LREM, now Renaissance) in 2022.
Political career
[edit]Olive served as Mayor of Poissy from 2014 until his resignation in 2022 following his election to Parliament. In the National Assembly, he succeeded Florence Granjus who did not run for reelection, winning election as a deputy with 59.9% of the second-round vote. Olive has also held a seat in the Departmental Council of Yvelines since 2015 for the canton of Poissy.
Amid the first Yellow vests protests in 2018, Olive brought a group of mayors from his department, Yvelines, together with President Emmanuel Macron to explain to Macron how he needed to change.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Olive is the brother of former footballer Brigitte Henriques.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Knight of the Legion of Honour (2020)[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "M. Karl Olive - Yvelines (12e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-09-19.
- ^ Alissa J. Rubin (10 December 2018), Macron, Confronting Yellow Vest Protests in France, Promises Relief, The New York Times.
- ^ "L'Yvelinoise Brigitte Henriques à la tête du comité national olympique". www.yvelines-infos.fr (in French). 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2020 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur". Légifrance (in French).
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis alumni
- People from Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- Renaissance (French political party) politicians
- The Republicans (France) politicians
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- French sports journalists
- French television producers
- Members of Parliament for Yvelines
- Mayors of Yvelines
- Departmental councillors (France)
- Knights of the Legion of Honour
- French recipients of the Legion of Honour