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Anne Hidalgo, Source: Anne Hidalgo. Photo by Philippe Grangeaud / Parti Socialiste on Flickr (C BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Anne Hidalgo has been confirmed as Mayor of Paris at today’s session of the City Council of Paris. After a secret ballot in 1 rounds, she received a total of 96 votes from the councillors elected on Sunday, 28 June. She will thus spend another 6 years at the city hall of Paris.
The road to victory was almost clear for the incumbent Mayor after Hidalgo’s list won the spectacular 48,7 % of the vote, corresponding to 96 of 163 seats in the “local parliament”. Yet, her mayoral election had to be confirmed.
As per the rules, the election of Mayor of Paris is not held by a popular vote, but rather by the elected city councillors and amongst them. Hence, Hidalgo presented her candidature before the councillors and won their approval for another term at the first meeting of the new composition of the Council.
Hidalgo pledges to create a capital city that breathes, that is more agreeable to live in and that leaves no one behind. She is also focused on improving the sanitation of the city, investing in affordable housing, transport and greenery.
Her electoral programme “Paris en commun” is founded on the pillars of ecology, solidarity, engagement and proximity. The long list of her propositions include:
Anne Hidalgo is also to coordinate the process of the organisation of the 2024 Summer Olympic games in Paris.
Hidalgo (or Ana María "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu) was born in 1959 in San Fernando, Spain and became a citizen of France when she was 14.
She was first elected to the post of Mayor of Paris in 2014 with a project of making the city greener, which to a significant degree she managed to complete through coordinated policies that promote cycling and restrict car use. In 2001 she became a municipal councillor and a First Deputy mayor of the French capital and a regional councillor at 'Île-de-France in 2004.
Her political career includes positions advisory to the Minister of Employment and Solidarity Martine Aubry (1997-1998), consultant for the Secretary of State for Women's Rights and Vocational Training Nicole Pery (1998-200), technical advisor to the Minister of Justice Marylise Lebranchu (2000-2002).
The socialist is also the first woman to hold the prestigious office of Mayor of Paris.
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