Benoît Payan
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).
Benoît Payan | |
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Benoît Payan in 2020 | |
| Mayor of Marseille | |
| Assumed office 15 December 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Michèle Rubirola |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 1978 Marseille, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
Early life edit
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]
Career edit
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]
Policies edit
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]
References edit
- ^ "Déclaration de situation patrimoniale" [Déclaration of assets] (PDF) (in French). Printemps marseillais. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Qui est Benoît Payan, le successeur de Michèle Rubirola à la mairie de Marseille ?" [Who is Benoît Payan, Michèle Rubirola's successor as mayor of Marseille?] (in French). Europe 1. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Deleforterie, Valentin (16 December 2020). "Marseille : qui est Benoît Payan, le possible successeur de Rubirola à la mairie ?" [Marseille: who is Benoît Payan, Rubirola's possible successor as mayor?] (in French). RTL. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Castelly, Lisa; Leforestier, Jean-Marie (17 September 2019). "Le cas Benoît Payan, point de crispation de l'union de la gauche marseillaise" [The case of Benoît Payan, point of contention in the union of the left in Marseille] (in French). Marsactu. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ de Broqua, Aliette (23 March 2015). "Fin de l'ère Guérini dans les Bouches-du-Rhône" [End of the Guérini era in Bouches-du-Rhône]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Rougier, Ana (24 July 2019). "Benoît Payan représentera le PS dans le projet d'union de la gauche à Marseille" [Benoît Payan will represent the PS in the united left-wing project in Marseille] (in French). Marsactu. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Municipales à Marseille : "Qui peut croire que Samia Ghali va offrir sur le tapis vert une victoire à la droite qu'elle combat depuis 25 ans ?", lance un élu du Printemps marseillais" [Local elections in Marseille: "Who could believe that Samia Ghali is going to offer by default a victory to the right wing that she has fought for 25 years?", asks a Printemps marseillais councillor] (in French). France Info. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Green, left-wing Michèle Rubirola becomes Marseille's first woman mayor". France 24. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Saint-Gilles, Pierre; Berdah, Arthur (15 December 2020). "La maire de Marseille Michèle Rubirola annonce sa démission" [The mayor of Marseille Michèle Rubirola announces her resignation]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Benoît Payan devient le nouveau maire de Marseille" [Benoît Payan becomes the new mayor of Marseille]. Le Parisien (in French). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Benoît Payan, le maire de Marseille : : [sic] " Je ne vendrai le Vélodrome qu'à l'OM "" [Benoît Payan, the mayor of Marseille: "I will only sell the Vélodrome to l'OM"]. L'Équipe (in French). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Payan, Camille (10 February 2021). ""On ne peut plus tolérer les bateaux de croisière, ces monstres des mers, à Marseille" lance Sébastien Barles" ["We can no longer tolerate cruise ships, these monsters of the seas, in Marseille" says Sébastien Barles] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Casanova, Christophe (21 January 2019). "Marseille : le "PPP" pour les écoles peut repasser par le conseil municipal" [Marseille: "PPP" for primary schools is going back to the city council]. La Marseillaise (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2021.