Michèle Rubirola
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Michèle Rubirola | |
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Mayor of Marseille | |
In office 4 July 2020 – 21 December 2020 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Claude Gaudin |
Succeeded by | Benoît Payan |
Personal details | |
Born | Marseille, France | 28 July 1956
Nationality | French |
Political party | Europe Ecology – The Greens |
Other political affiliations | The Greens (2002–2010) |
Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University (PhD) |
Occupation | Politician |
Michèle Rubirola (born 28 July 1956) is a French politician who was mayor of Marseille from July to December 2020.[1] Physician by occupation, she succeeded Jean-Claude Gaudin, who chose not to run for reelection to a fifth term in office,[2] and endorsed her long term collaborator Martine Vassal, who lost the election in June 2020.[3] Rubirola is the first female mayor of Marseille. Her grandparents came from Spain (Catalonia) and Naples.[4]
On 15 December 2020 she announced her resignation as Mayor[1] for reasons of health.[5] She was succeeded by Benoît Payan.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Michèle Rubirola, les ressorts d'une démission". Le Point.fr (in French). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Biographie". www.jeanclaudegaudin.net. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Marseille Turns Green With Election of First Woman Mayor". The New York Times. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
- ^ Martinat, Philippe. "Michèle Rubirola, le nouveau visage de Marseille". www.leparisien.fr. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "BFMTV: Michèle Rubirola explique les raisons de sa demission". Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- French people of Italian descent
- French people of Spanish descent
- 21st-century French women politicians
- Mayors of Marseille
- Aix-Marseille University alumni
- Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians
- 20th-century French physicians
- Women mayors of places in France
- Physicians from Marseille
- 20th-century French women