Vincent Rolland

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.^[1] 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.

Vincent Rolland
Member of the National Assembly for Savoie's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 June 2017
Preceded by	Hervé Gaymard
In office 19 July 2002 – 19 June 2007
Preceded by	Hervé Gaymard
Succeeded by	Hervé Gaymard
Personal details
Born	(1970-02-01) 1 February 1970 (age 54) Moûtiers, France
Political party	Rally for the Republic (until 2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–present)
Alma mater	University of Lyon
Website	Official website

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.^[2]

References

1. "Vincent Rolland & Claudie Blanc-Eberhart | Agir pour la Savoie". www.vincentrolland.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
2. Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite Le Figaro.