10 Facts About Olivier Falorni

Olivier Falorni was born on 27 March 1972 and is a French politician.

Olivier Falorni was elected to the French National Assembly on 17 June 2012, representing La Rochelle in the 1st constituency of the department of Charente-Maritime.

Olivier Falorni was re-elected in 2017 and again in 2022.

The Olivier Falorni family fled Fascist Italy in the Interwar period and settled in Charente-Maritime in Laleu, a neighborhood of La Rochelle.

Olivier Falorni's grandfather, Gino Olivier Falorni, was a teacher and was a major figure in the local basketball team, where he served as a player, captain and coach between 1935 and 1954.

Olivier Falorni got his first teaching job in 1997 and prior to his election, was working as a history and geography teacher at the Lycee professionnel Pierre Doriole in La Rochelle.

In 1998 Olivier Falorni attended the summer school of the Socialist Party in La Rochelle.

Olivier Falorni joined the party in 1999 and became federal secretary of the party in 2004.

At the 2008 Reims Congress of the Socialist Party, Olivier Falorni supported the Clarity, courage, creativity motion supported by Francois Hollande, but voted against the Hope on the left, proud to be Socialist motion supported by Hollande's former partner and then Regional President Segolene Royal.

In September 2019, Olivier Falorni announced he would run against Fountaine in the 2020 French municipal elections.