Gabriel Serville

Gabriel Serville (born 27 September 1959) is a French-Guianese politician who was elected to the French National Assembly on 16 June 2012 representing French Guiana's 1st constituency.^[1] On 2 July 2021, he was elected President of the Assembly of French Guiana.

Gabriel Serville
President of the Assembly of French Guiana
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2021
Preceded by	Rodolphe Alexandre
Member of French National Assembly
In office 20 June 2012 – 1 August 2021
Mayor of Matoury
In office 2014–2017
Personal details
Born	(1959-09-27) 27 September 1959 (age 65) Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Political party	Guianese Socialist Party (since 2017) Péyi Guyane (since 2018)

Biography

Serville was born 27 September 1959 in Cayenne.^[2] His father was from Saint Lucia.^[3] Professionally, he was a mathematics professor.^[2]

Political career

Serville served as mayor of Matoury from 2014^[4] until 2017.^[3] He was a member of the Guianese Socialist Party from 2008 until 30 September 2017.^[5] In 2017, he founded Péyi Guyane.^[6]

Serville was first elected to the Member of French National Assembly on 20 June 2012.^[2] Serville held a position in the Bureau of the National Assembly of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic as a secretary.^{[citation needed]} For the 2021 regional elections, Péyi Guyane formed a union with La France Insoumise and Génération.s. Serville represented the union in the elections.^[7] On 2 July 2021, he was elected President of the French Guianese Assembly. He resigned his seat in the National Assembly on 1 August 2021.^[3]

Other activities

• UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)^[8]