Art Olivier

**Arthur C. Olivier** (born August 24, 1957) is an American politician and former mayor of Bellflower, California. In 2000, he ran as the Libertarian candidate for vice president in the United States presidential election.

He has also attempted to become the Libertarian Party's presidential candidate for the 2024 United States presidential election.

## Education

Olivier went to Cerritos College, where he received a degree in Design Technology

## Personal life

He married a woman named Joyce in 1987 and had three kids. They divorced in 2022.

## Career

Olivier served as a councilman, Acting Mayor, and mayor of Bellflower, California. He's also a Realtor. During his time on the City Council, Olivier privatized the city's tree trimming, crossing guards, street sweeping, and Building Department. He also got rid of the city's lighting tax.

## Views

During his vice presidential campaign, Olivier called for a smaller federal government, within constitutional limits. He talked against U.S. interventionismand publicly saying he wants to bring troops home. He is for refocusing the Department of Defense on actual defense. Olivier opposed the U.S. acting as the world's policeman and supported avoiding entangling alliances, noting that foreign conflicts harm America's image.

Olivier is a big supporter for first amendment rights.

## _Operation Terror_

Olivier supports the 9/11 truth movement. In 2012, he made a thriller film called _Operation Terror_, which imagined a fictional version of the 9/11 attacks. The movie suggested that American government insiders were behind the attacks. Olivier used real transcripts from the 9/11 Commission investigation and based characters on real people involved in the attacks.

The film premiered in Los Angeles on September 11, 2012, and received awards at the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality and the International Movie Awards. The director, Paul Cross, was also nominated for Best Director at the Fajr International Film Festival.

## Campaigns

**<big>2000 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee</big>**

On July 4, 2000, Olivier was chosen as the Libertarian Party's Vice Presidential nominee for the 2000 Presidential Election. He beat Steve Kubby on the second ballot. He ran with Harry Browne. They got 5th place and 384,431 votes.

**<big>2006 California Gubernatorial Campaign</big>**

In the 2006 California Gubernatorial Election, Olivier ran angainst Arnold Schwarzenegger and Phil Angelides.  He said he appeared on more talk radio shows than all other candidates combined.  Olivier finished in 4th place. He got around 1% of the vote.

**<big>2024 Libertarian Presidential Campaign</big>**

Olivier ran for president in the 2024 Libertarian Party primaries. He earned 5 votes in the primaries .

Olivier couldn't get on the ballot for any Super Tuesday states, so he decided to do a write-in campaign in North Carolina. However, he didn't receive any votes.

In the first round of voting in the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, Olivier got 4 delegate votes. He was eliminated in the first round. The nomination went to Chase Oliver.

## Other websites

- Appearances on C-SPAN

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|rowspan="1"|Preceded by Jo Jorgensen|rowspan="1"|**Libertarian nominee for Vice President of the United States** 2000|rowspan="1"|Succeeded by Richard Campagna|

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image name**: File:Art Olivier (105415391) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Olivier in 2006
- **name**: Art Olivier
- **office**: Mayor of Bellflower, California
- **birth date**: August 24, 1957
- **birth place**: Lynwood, California
- **spouse**: Joyce (m. 1987, div. 2022)
- **occupation**: Film Writer,
Politician
- **party**: Libertarian
- **termstart**: 1998
- **termend**: 1999