{{short description|French politician (born 1981)}} {{distinguish|Nicholas Ray}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nicolas Ray | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|5|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vichy, France | office1 = Deputy for Allier's 3rd constituency in the National Assembly of France | term_start1 = 22 June 2022 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Bénédicte Peyrol | successor1 = | parliamentary_group = UDC }} '''Nicolas Ray''' (born 14 May 1981) is a French politician who has been serving as a deputy for Allier's 3rd constituency since the 2022 French legislative election, representing the Republicans (LR).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=Législatives - Qui est Nicolas Ray, le nouveau député LR de la 3e circonscription de l'Allier |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-qui-est-nicolas-ray-le-nouveau-depute-lr-de-la-3e-circonscription-de-l-allier-1655301192 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Born in Vichy, Ray graduated from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, where he specialized in economics and public law.<ref>{{cite web|title=Législatives - Qui est Nicolas Ray, le nouveau député LR de la 3e circonscription de l'Allier|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-qui-est-nicolas-ray-le-nouveau-depute-lr-de-la-3e-circonscription-de-l-allier-1655301192|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3|language=fr|date=2022-06-19|access-date=2022-07-01}}</ref>
==Early career== Having become the main public finance inspector at the {{ill|Direction générale des Finances publiques|fr|lt=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.<ref name="F3">{{cite web|title=Législatives 2022. Yannick Monnet, Jorys Bovet et Nicolas Ray : qui sont les 3 nouveaux députés de l'Allier|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/allier/legislatives-2022-yannick-monnet-jorys-bovet-et-nicolas-ray-qui-sont-les-3-nouveaux-deputes-de-l-allier-2566804.html|author=S.B avec AFP|website=France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes|date=20 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022}}.</ref>
==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.<ref name="LM-N_Ray-ombre">{{cite web|title=Nicolas Ray (LR-UDI), un « élu de l'ombre » dans la lumière après une victoire dans la circonscription de Vichy (Allier)|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/vichy-03200/actualites/nicolas-ray-lr-udi-un-elu-de-l-ombre-dans-la-lumiere-apres-une-victoire-dans-la-circonscription-de-vichy-allier_14147414/|author=Estelle Dissay|author2=Dominique Parat|date=20 June 2022|access-date=28 June 2022}}.</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gabriel Maquin (re)lance sa campagne sur la troisième|url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/vichy-03200/actualites/gabriel-maquin-re-lance-sa-campagne-sur-la-troisieme_12397389/|date=11 May 2017|access-date=28 June 2022}}.</ref>
===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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vichy. Nicolas Ray se présente pour devenir député|url=https://www.lasemainedelallier.fr/2022/05/06/nicolas-ray-se-presente-pour-devenir-depute/|author=Denis Chervaux|date=6 May 2022|access-date=28 June 2022}}.</ref>
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.<ref name="LM-N_Ray-ombre" />
In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Ray endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.<ref>Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), [https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/presidence-de-lr-qui-soutient-ciotti-pradie-et-retailleau-chez-les-deputes Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés] ''L'Obs''.</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA793094 His page on the site of the National Assembly]
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