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{{Short description|American politician (born 1957)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2013}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Art Olivier (105415391) (cropped).jpg
| office              = [[Mayor]] of [[Bellflower, California]]
| term_start          = 1998
| term_end            = 1999
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1957|8|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Lynwood, California|Lynwood]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| alma_mater          = [[Cerritos College]]
| spouse              = Joyce (m. 1987 div. 2022)
| caption             = Olivier in 2006
| children            = 3
}}
'''Arthur C. Olivier''' (born August 24, 1957) is an American politician who was the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] candidate for [[Vice President of the United States]] in the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 U.S. presidential election]] as the running mate of presidential candidate [[Harry Browne]].<ref name="minuteman">Doherty, Brian (August 22, 2006) [https://reason.com/2006/08/22/minuteman-s-libertarian-party/ "Minuteman ?s Libertarian Party Candidate"], ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]''. Retrieved January 18, 2024.</ref>

Olivier later unsuccessfully ran in the [[2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries]] for the party's presidential nomination.<ref>{{Citation |title=Pre-Caucus Libertarian Debate |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj8929M8huA |access-date=2024-01-18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://californer.com/dca/2000-vp-nominee-art-olivier-seeks-2024-libertarian-party-presidential-nomination-californer-10266238 "2000 VP Nominee, Art Olivier, Seeks 2024 Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination"] Californer.com.</ref> Olivier served as a [[City council|councilman]] (1994–1997), mayor [[pro tempore]] (1997–1998) and mayor (1998–1999) of [[Bellflower, California]], a [[Los Angeles]] suburb with 77,000 residents. During his five years on the Bellflower City Council (1994–1999), Olivier [[Privatization|privatized]] the city's tree trimming, crossing guards, street sweeping and building department. He eliminated the city's lighting tax assessment and did not allow [[eminent domain]] to be exercised while on the council.

A graduate of [[Cerritos College]] with a degree in Design Technology, Olivier is a [[realtor]] with Cogburn Realty.

==Views==
During the campaign for vice president, Olivier advocated smaller government, "We have to reduce the size of the federal government back to the size of its constitutional limits."<ref>The Herald Bulletin, Madison County, Indiana 8-20-2000</ref> Critical of the U.S. foreign policy of [[Interventionism (politics)|interventionism]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/07/art-olivier-calls-for-new-approach-to-911|title=Former Libertarian VP Candidate Art Olivier Calls for New Approach to 9/11|work=Independent Political Report|date=July 20, 2011}}/</ref> {{Unreliable source?|sure=y|reason=News aggregator with no editorial policy.|date=September 2019}} he said he would like the government to return U.S. troops from abroad<ref>''The Tampa FL Tribune'' 10-7-2000</ref> and make the Department of Defense get back to defending us, and not be a Department of Offense that bombs little countries."<ref>''The Indianapolis Star'' 8-21-2000</ref> "I don't believe we should be the world's policeman."<ref>''Santa Maria CA Times'' 10-25-2000</ref> He believes that U.S. foreign policy should be governed by an avoidance of “entangling alliances."<ref>''Los Angeles Times'' 7-4-2000</ref> "The conflicts this country has entered into cause others to look badly upon America."<ref>''Aspen Daily News'' 9-11-2000</ref>

Olivier ran uncontested for governor in the 2006 Libertarian primary. He received 114,329 votes (1.3%) in his loss to incumbent [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] in the [[2006 California gubernatorial election|general election]].<ref name="minuteman"/><ref>[http://www.vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sff/gov/00.htm “CA 2006 General Election: Governor”] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611163742/http://www.vote.ss.ca.gov/Returns/sff/gov/00.htm |date=June 11, 2007 }}, Office of the Secretary of State of California.</ref> Olivier criticized Governor Schwarzenegger for passing a budget that was “30% larger than the one that got Governor [[Gray Davis]] recalled just three years ago.”<ref>[http://www.vgt2004.org/a-kovr-kmax/compare-candidates.go?choice1=4456429&choice2=4472693&x=17&y=11 ''CBS13.com Voter Guide: Comparison''], 2006.</ref> Olivier's main earned media was talk radio, advertising his opposition to illegal immigration. Olivier favored having the government build a wall on the border and cut off all tax-funded programs to illegal immigrants.<ref name="minuteman"/><ref>[http://blogs.ocregister.com/orangepunch/archives/2006/08/art_olivier_libertarian_candid.html “Art Olivier, Libertarian candidate for governor, stops by”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070129204116/http://blogs.ocregister.com/orangepunch/archives/2006/08/art_olivier_libertarian_candid.html |date=2007-01-29 }}, Orange County Register blog.</ref>

==Campaigns==
===2000 Libertarian vice presidential nominee===
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 2, 2000|title=Libertarian Party National Convention|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?158024-1/libertarian-party-national-convention|website=C-Span|access-date=April 20, 2024|archive-date=July 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718064543/https://www.c-span.org/video/?158024-1/libertarian-party-national-convention|url-status=live}}</ref> They got 5th place and 384,431 votes.

===2006 California gubernatorial campaign===
In the [[2006 California gubernatorial election]], Olivier ran against [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] and [[Phil Angelides]]. He said he appeared on more talk radio shows than all other candidates combined.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olivier|first=Art|title=2000 Libertarian Vice President Nominee|url=https://art2024.org/|website=A Passion for Freedom|access-date=2024-04-20|archive-date=2024-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329021817/https://art2024.org//|url-status=live}}</ref> Olivier finished in 4th place. He got around 1% of the vote.

===2024 Libertarian presidential campaign===
Olivier ran for president in the [[2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries|2024 Libertarian Party primaries]]. He earned 5 votes in the primaries.<ref>{{Cite web|title=✨Official Straw Poll Results of the LPPA Presidential Candidate Debate✨|url=https://twitter.com/lppaorg/status/1764751857627410924?s=46|website=X}}</ref>

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 eventually went to [[Chase Oliver]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kmZVRWpr20 |title=Libertarian Party National Convention 2024 Day 3 |language=en |access-date=2024-06-02 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

==''Operation Terror''==
Olivier is supportive of the [[9/11 truth movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2011/07/art-olivier-calls-for-new-approach-to-911/|title = Former Libertarian VP Candidate Art Olivier Calls for New Approach to 9/11|date = 20 July 2011}} {{Unreliable source?|sure=y|reason=News aggregator with no editorial policy.|date=September 2019}}</ref> In 2012, he wrote and produced the [[thriller film]] ''Operation Terror'', which depicted a fictionalized version of the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York City, 2001. The movie's plot centered on a group of American government insiders that organized and assembled a group of people to attack the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] and [[the Pentagon]]. In writing ''Operation Terror'', Olivier used dialogue taken from transcripts of the investigation by the [[9/11 Commission]] and based the film's characters on real-life players in the 9/11 attack.

The film premiered on September 11, 2012, in [[Los Angeles]], and received the Honorable Mention Award at the International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality and won the Genre Film: Thriller award at the International Movie Awards. The film's director, Paul Cross, was also nominated for Best Director at the [[Fajr International Film Festival]].<ref name="Fajr Fest English">{{cite web|url=http://english.irib.ir/radioculture/art/cinema/item/80022-24-directors-compete-for-fajr-international-film-festival?tmpl=component&print=1|title=Fajr Fest English site|access-date=2013-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094736/http://english.irib.ir/radioculture/art/cinema/item/80022-24-directors-compete-for-fajr-international-film-festival?tmpl=component&print=1|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links==
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