Gabriel Serville (born 27 September 1959) is a French-Guianese politician who was elected to the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are kn ...

on 16 June 2012 representing French Guiana's 1st constituency.Chantal Berthelot et Gabriel Serville élus deputés de Guyane
''France-Antilles'', June 16, 2012 On 2 July 2021, he was elected President of the

Assembly of French Guiana The Assembly of French Guiana (french: Assemblée de Guyane) is the regional legislature of French Guiana. It was first elected in 2015, replacing the General Council of French Guiana and the Regional Council of French Guiana. It was establ ...

Biography

Serville was born 27 September 1959 in

Cayenne Cayenne (; ; gcr, Kayenn) is the capital city of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's m ...

. His father was from

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Ameri ...

. Professionally, he was a mathematics professor.

Political career

Serville served as mayor of

Matoury Matoury is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. Matoury is a southern suburb of Cayenne, the ''préfecture'' and largest city of French Guiana. Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport, th ...

from 2014 until 2017. He was a member of the

Guianese Socialist Party The Guianese Socialist Party (french: Parti socialiste guyanais, PSG) is a political party in the French '' overseas région'' of French Guiana, in South America. History It was founded in 1956 by Justin Catayée, beforehand the founder of the G ...

from 2008 until 30 September 2017. In 2017, he founded

Péyi Guyane Péyi Guyane (, 'Land of Guiana') is a political party in French Guiana. It was founded in 2018.Catherine LamaMunicipales 2020 : le mouvement Péyi Guyane pose ses jalons sur le site de France Info, le 2 décembre 2019 The party has 7 territoria ...

. Serville was first elected to the Member of French National Assembly on 20 June 2012. Serville held a position in the Bureau of the National Assembly of the

15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic The 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic (french: XVe législature de la Cinquième République française) was the French Parliament that was in office from 27 June 2017 (following the legislative elections on 11 and 18 June 2017) unt ...

as a secretary. For the 2021 regional elections, Péyi Guyane formed a union with

La France Insoumise La France Insoumise (FI or LFI; ; "France Unbowed") is a left-wing populist political party in France, launched in 2016 by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and former co-president of the Left Party (PG). It aims ...

and Génération.s. Serville represented the union in the elections. 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.

Other activities

* UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)Members – Western & Central Europe
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References

External links

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Biography on the French National Assembly website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Serville, Gabriel Living people 1959 births Presidents of the Assembly of French Guiana Members of the Assembly of French Guiana French Guianan educators French Guianan politicians Black French politicians Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic People from Cayenne French Guianan people of Saint Lucian descent Members of Parliament for French Guiana