Benoît Payan | |
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![]() Payan in 2020 | |
Mayor of Marseille | |
Assumed office 15 December 2020 | |
Preceded by | Michèle Rubirola |
Personal details | |
Born | Marseille, France | 31 January 1978
Political party | Socialist Party |
Benoît Payan (born 31 January 1978) [1] is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Marseille since 2020. He is a member of the Socialist Party (PS).
Payan was born and raised in Pont-de-Vivaux, in the 10th arrondissement of Marseille. [2] During his studies to become a notary, he joined the Young Socialist Movement. [3]
Elected as a city councillor in 2014, Payan became leader of the Socialist group and the opposition to conservative mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin in 2016. [4] In 2015, he was also elected a departmental councillor in Bouches-du-Rhône. [5]
In July 2019, Payan was one of the founders of Printemps marseillais ("Marseille Spring"), a broad left-wing electoral alliance seeking to end Gaudin's quarter-century in office in the 2020 elections. [6] He criticised the candidacy of Socialist dissenter Samia Ghali, believing it could divide the vote and hand victory to the right by default. [7]
Payan's coalition won the election in July, installing Europe Ecology – The Greens member Michèle Rubirola as Marseille's first woman and Green mayor. [8] She resigned on 15 December 2020, transferring roles with Payan, her first deputy. [9] On 21 December he was officially voted into office, with support from Ghali's eight councillors and without competition from the right. [10]
Payan supports the city selling the Stade Vélodrome football stadium, but only to its tenants, Olympique de Marseille. [11] He has criticised the environmental impact of cruise liners on Marseille. [12] While in opposition, Payan collected 10,000 signatures against a public–private partnership plan to spend €1 billion demolishing and rebuilding over 30 primary schools. [13]
Benoît Payan | |
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![]() Payan in 2020 | |
Mayor of Marseille | |
Assumed office 15 December 2020 | |
Preceded by | Michèle Rubirola |
Personal details | |
Born | Marseille, France | 31 January 1978
Political party | Socialist Party |
Benoît Payan (born 31 January 1978) [1] is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Marseille since 2020. He is a member of the Socialist Party (PS).
Payan was born and raised in Pont-de-Vivaux, in the 10th arrondissement of Marseille. [2] During his studies to become a notary, he joined the Young Socialist Movement. [3]
Elected as a city councillor in 2014, Payan became leader of the Socialist group and the opposition to conservative mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin in 2016. [4] In 2015, he was also elected a departmental councillor in Bouches-du-Rhône. [5]
In July 2019, Payan was one of the founders of Printemps marseillais ("Marseille Spring"), a broad left-wing electoral alliance seeking to end Gaudin's quarter-century in office in the 2020 elections. [6] He criticised the candidacy of Socialist dissenter Samia Ghali, believing it could divide the vote and hand victory to the right by default. [7]
Payan's coalition won the election in July, installing Europe Ecology – The Greens member Michèle Rubirola as Marseille's first woman and Green mayor. [8] She resigned on 15 December 2020, transferring roles with Payan, her first deputy. [9] On 21 December he was officially voted into office, with support from Ghali's eight councillors and without competition from the right. [10]
Payan supports the city selling the Stade Vélodrome football stadium, but only to its tenants, Olympique de Marseille. [11] He has criticised the environmental impact of cruise liners on Marseille. [12] While in opposition, Payan collected 10,000 signatures against a public–private partnership plan to spend €1 billion demolishing and rebuilding over 30 primary schools. [13]