- Gérard Collomb
Infobox Politician
order=Mayor ofLyon
term_start=25 March 2001
predecessor=Raymond Barre
birth_date=bda|1947|6|20|df=y
birth_place=Chalon-sur-Saône ,France
nationality=FrenchGérard Collomb, born on
June 20 1947 inChalon-sur-Saône is a French politician. She is an active member of theFrench Socialist Party and has been Mayor ofLyon (Rhône) since March 2001.He was elected as a Socialist municipal councillor for the 9th arrondissements in the
French municipal elections, 1977 . In1981 , he was elected to theFrench National Assembly at age thirty-four. From1989 on, he led by the municipal opposition toMichel Noir in the Lyon municipal council. From1992 to1999 he also served as regional councillor for theRhône-Alpes region.Defeated in the 1995 local elections in Lyon, he ran as leader of the
Plural Left list in the 2001 local elections. He was elected Mayor on25 March and also elected as president of theUrban Community of Lyon . Among his realizations is theVélo'v .In
2004 , he was re-elected Senator for theRhône . He was overwhelmingly re-elected Mayor of Lyon in March2008 , defeatingDominique Perben of theUMP by the first round in a landslide.Ahead of the
Reims Congress , he is the leader of the Hope on the left, proud to be Socialist ("L'espoir à gauche, fier(e)s d'être socialistes") motion of behalf ofSégolène Royal .
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