Nicolas Ray
Parliamentary groupUDC
Deputy for Allier's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly of France
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byBénédicte Peyrol
Personal details
Born (1981-05-14) 14 May 1981
Vichy

Nicolas Ray (born 14 May 1981 in Vichy) is a French politician who has been serving as a deputy for Allier's 3rd constituency in the 2022 French legislative election, representing the Republicans (LR).[1]

Early life and education

Ray graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, where he specialized in economics and public law.[2]

Early career

Having become the main public finance inspector at the DGFIP (tax agency) for the Allier department, he was also an accounting agent of the Department's Chamber of Agriculture. He also practiced at the cash in Vic-sur-Cère, in Cantal.[3]

Political career

Career in local politics

In 2001, Ray appeared on the list of outgoing mayor Joseph Bléthon at the Cusset Municipal Council. He joined the UMP in 2003.[4]

Ray has been a municipal councillor of Bellerive-sur-Allier since 2014.

In 2017, Ray was the substitute of the (LR) candidate Gabriel Maquin for Allier's 3rd constituency.[5]

Member of the National Assembly, 2022–present

On 3 April 2022 Ray announced, in Gannat, his candidacy for the legislative elections, again in Allier's 3rd constituency.[6]

Ray was elected on 19 June 2022, with the Les Républicains label, against Bénédicte Peyrol, the outgoing deputy (LREM). He came first in 87 of the 88 municipalities in the constituency.[4]

In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Ray endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Législatives - Qui est Nicolas Ray, le nouveau député LR de la 3e circonscription de l'Allier". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Législatives - Qui est Nicolas Ray, le nouveau député LR de la 3e circonscription de l'Allier". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  3. ↑ S.B avec AFP (20 June 2022). "Législatives 2022. Yannick Monnet, Jorys Bovet et Nicolas Ray : qui sont les 3 nouveaux députés de l'Allier". France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved 28 June 2022..
  4. 1 2 Estelle Dissay; Dominique Parat (20 June 2022). "Nicolas Ray (LR-UDI), un « élu de l'ombre » dans la lumière après une victoire dans la circonscription de Vichy (Allier)". Retrieved 28 June 2022..
  5. ↑ "Gabriel Maquin (re)lance sa campagne sur la troisième". 11 May 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2022..
  6. ↑ Denis Chervaux (6 May 2022). "Vichy. Nicolas Ray se présente pour devenir député". Retrieved 28 June 2022..
  7. ↑ Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés L'Obs.
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