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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicolas_Ray > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Nicolas_Ray.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Ray > Source revision: 1349230148 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Vichy), France | office1 = Deputy for [Allier's 3rd constituency](/source/Allier's_3rd_constituency) in the [National Assembly of France](/source/National_Assembly_of_France) | term_start1 = 22 June 2022 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [Bénédicte Peyrol](/source/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Peyrol) | successor1 = | parliamentary_group = [UDC](/source/Union_of_the_Right_and_Centre) }} '''Nicolas Ray''' (born 14 May 1981) is a French politician who has been serving as a deputy for [Allier's 3rd constituency](/source/Allier's_3rd_constituency) since the [2022 French legislative election](/source/2022_French_legislative_election), representing the [Republicans](/source/The_Republicans_(France)) (LR).{{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}} ==Early life and education== Born in [Vichy](/source/Vichy), Ray graduated from the [Paris Institute of Political Studies](/source/Sciences_Po), where he specialized in economics and public law.{{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}} ==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.{{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}}. ==Political career== ===Career in local politics=== In 2001, Ray appeared on the list of outgoing mayor Joseph Bléthon at the [Cusset](/source/Cusset) Municipal Council. He joined the UMP in 2003.{{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}}. Ray has been a municipal councillor of [Bellerive-sur-Allier](/source/Bellerive-sur-Allier) since 2014. In [2017](/source/2017_French_legislative_election), Ray was the [substitute](/source/Substitute_(elections)) of the ([LR](/source/The_Republicans_(France))) candidate Gabriel Maquin for [Allier's 3rd constituency](/source/Allier's_3rd_constituency).{{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}}. ===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](/source/Allier's_3rd_constituency).{{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}}. Ray was elected on 19 June 2022, with the Les Républicains label, against [Bénédicte Peyrol](/source/B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_Peyrol), the outgoing deputy (LREM). He came first in 87 of the 88 municipalities in the constituency. In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Ray endorsed [Éric Ciotti](/source/%C3%89ric_Ciotti) as the party's chairman.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](/source/L'Obs)''. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA793094 His page on the site of the National Assembly] {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=September 2022}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ray, Nicolas}} Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Category:Living people Category:1981 births Category:The Republicans (France) politicians --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Nicolas Ray](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Ray) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Ray?action=history)). 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