René Revol


René Revol is a French politician and a member of the Left Party. He is mayor of Grabels, a working-class suburb of Montpellier since 2008.
A former member of the Socialist Party's left-wing, he joined Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marc Dolez's Left Party in 2008.
In 2010, he was selected to be the Left Front's candidate in Languedoc-Roussillon for the 2010 regional elections. His list also received the support of the New Anticapitalist Party, despite negotiations between the NPA and Left Front failing nationally.