Sylvain Jacques Brial (born 16 September 1964) is a

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politician and former member of the

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. Brial is from a prominent political family. His grandmother was Aloisia Brial, ''Lavelua'' (queen) of Uvéa from 1954 to 1958, and his father is politician Cyprien Brial, who served in the

Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna ( French: ''Assemblée Territoriale''; Wallisian and Futunan: ''Fono fakatelituale'') is the legislature of Wallis and Futuna. It consists of 20 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional ...

from 1967 to 1987. His brothers are former territorial councilor Julien Brial and former MP

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. His uncle Benjamin Brial was also a member of the National Assembly, while his cousin Gil Brial is involved in the politics of

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. He works as a building contractor. Brial first entered politics when he ran in the

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, and was elected as a representative for Sigave. He subsequently contested the

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, but was defeated in the first round by incumbent

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Brial stood as a candidate for Les Republicains, and promised the acquisition of an

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aircraft to serve Wallis and Futuna. He won the by-election in the first round, with 51.6% of the vote. In the National Assembly he sat with the

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group. In September 2019 he suffered a serious stroke during a trip by his parliamentary group to

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which led to him being placed in an artificial coma. After several months of hospitalisation he began rehabilitation in

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and then

. In October 2020 he resigned from the Territorial Assembly due to non-attendance. He did not contest the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brial, Sylvain Living people 1964 births Members of the Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Wallis and Futuna