{{Short description|President of the Assembly of French Guiana since 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Gabriel Serville | office = President of the Assembly of French Guiana | image = Gabriel Serville (cropped).jpg | caption = Serville in 2017 | term_start = 2 July 2021 | term_end = | predecessor = Rodolphe Alexandre | successor = | order2 = Member of the National Assembly <br> for French Guiana's 1st constituency | term_start2 = 20 June 2012 | term_end2 = 1 August 2021 | predecessor2 = Audrey Marie | successor2 = Carine Sinaï Bossou | order3 = Mayor of Matoury | term_start3 = 4 April 2014 | term_end3 = 6 September 2017 | predecessor3 = Jean-Pierre Roumillac | successor3 = Serge Smock | order4 = Member of the Assembly of French Guiana | term_start4 = 21 March 2010 | term_end4 = 17 June 2012 | predecessor4 = | successor4 = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|09|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Cayenne, French Guiana, France | death_date = | death_place = | party = Péyi Guyane (since 2018) | other_party = Guianese Socialist Party (2008–2017)<br>Democratic Forces of Guiana (Until 2008) | spouse = }} '''Gabriel Serville''' (born 27 September 1959) is a French-Guianese politician who has served as President of the Assembly of French Guiana since 2021. A founding member and current leader of Péyi Guyane, he represented French Guiana’s 1st constituency in the National Assembly from 2012 until his resignation in 2021.<ref name="elect">{{Cite news |date=16 June 2012 |title=Chantal Berthelot et Gabriel Serville élus députés de Guyane |work=France-Guyane |url=http://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/chantal-berthelot-et-gabriel-serville-elus-deputes-de-guyane-129466.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260526022748/https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/chantal-berthelot-et-gabriel-serville-elus-deputes-de-guyane-473534.php |archive-date=26 May 2026}}</ref> Prior to entering politics, Serville was a mathematics teacher and later principal of a vocational high school.
==Early life== Serville was born 27 September 1959 in Cayenne.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA610667 |title=M. Gabriel Serville|website=French National Assembly|access-date=8 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref> His father was from Saint Lucia.<ref name="president"/> Professionally, he was a mathematics professor.<ref name="bio"/>
==Political career== Serville served as mayor of Matoury from 2014<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lama |first=Catherine |date=24 April 2014 |title=Le bureau du conseil municipal de Matoury est en place |work=La Première |url=http://guyane.la1ere.fr/2014/04/24/le-bureau-du-conseil-municipal-de-matoury-est-en-place-145919.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205133334/http://guyane.la1ere.fr/2014/04/24/le-bureau-du-conseil-municipal-de-matoury-est-en-place-145919.html |archive-date=5 February 2015}}</ref> until 2017.<ref name="president"/> He was a member of the Guianese Socialist Party from 2008 until 30 September 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/gabriel-serville-demissione-du-psg-369005.php |title=Gabriel Serville démissione du PSG |website=France Guyane|access-date=8 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref> In 2018, he founded Péyi Guyane.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/guyane/centre-littoral/cayenne/municipales-2020-mouvement-peyi-guyane-pose-ses-jalons-777553.html |title=Municipales 2020 : le mouvement Péyi Guyane pose ses jalons |website=France TV Info|access-date=8 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
Serville was first elected to the Member of French National Assembly on 20 June 2012.<ref name="bio"/> For the 2021 regional elections, Péyi Guyane formed a union with La France Insoumise and Génération.s. Serville represented the union in the elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://outremers360.com/bassin-atlantique-appli/territoriales-2021-en-guyane-les-listes-de-gabriel-serville-jean-paul-ferreira-et-jessi-americain-unies-pour-battre-rodolphe-alexandre |title=Territoriales 2021 : En Guyane, les listes de Gabriel Serville, Jean-Paul Ferreira et Jessi Américain unies pour battre Rodolphe Alexandre|website=Outre Mers 360|access-date=8 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref> 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.<ref name="president">{{cite news|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/qui-est-gabriel-serville-le-nouveau-president-de-la-collectivite-territoriale-de-guyane-1046722.html |title=Qui est Gabriel Serville, le nouveau président de la Collectivité territoriale de Guyane ? |website=France TV Info|access-date=8 December 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
Serville supports having French Guiana join the Caribbean Community.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guitteau |first=Gérôme |date=18 September 2023 |title=La Guyane veut entrer dans le Caricom |work=France-Guyane |url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/regions/amazonie-caraibes/la-guyane-veut-entrer-dans-le-caricom-953646.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260526021659/https://www.franceguyane.fr/regions/amazonie-caraibes/la-guyane-veut-entrer-dans-le-caricom-953646.php |archive-date=26 May 2026}}</ref> Remains of Kalina people, which were held in French national collections since 1892, were turned to French Guiana in 2026 with the support of Serville.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Luce |first=Raphael |date=19 May 2026 |title=Le Sénat vote à l'unanimité la restitution des dépouilles kali'na à la Guyane |work=France-Guyane |url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/societe-social-emploi/le-senat-vote-a-lunanimite-la-restitution-des-depouilles-kalina-a-la-guyane-1079442.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260526022025/https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/societe-social-emploi/le-senat-vote-a-lunanimite-la-restitution-des-depouilles-kalina-a-la-guyane-1079442.php |archive-date=26 May 2026}}</ref>
== Other activities == * UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://unitenetwork.org/western-central-europe/ |title=Members – Western & Central Europe |access-date=12 August 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001221418/https://unitenetwork.org/western-central-europe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== Serville was unable to work starting in October 2024 due to an illness and had to perform his duties as president remotely. He was in France for medical treatment until returning to French Guiana on 15 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 November 2024 |title=Un message de la CTG sur l'absence récente de Gabriel Serville |work=France-Guyane |url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/un-message-de-la-ctg-sur-labsence-recente-de-gabriel-serville-1013015.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260526021422/https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/un-message-de-la-ctg-sur-labsence-recente-de-gabriel-serville-1013015.php |archive-date=26 May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 2025 |title=Gabriel Serville est de retour en Guyane |work=France-Guyane |url=https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/gabriel-serville-est-de-retour-en-guyane-1039540.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260526021114/https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/politique/gabriel-serville-est-de-retour-en-guyane-1039540.php |archive-date=26 May 2026}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category}} {{wikiquote}} * {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/tribun/fiches_id/610667.asp Biography on the French National Assembly website]
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