Samia Ghali

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Samia Ghali
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Member of the French Senate
for Bouches-du-Rhône
Assumed office
1 October 2008
Personal details
Born (1968-06-10) 10 June 1968 (age 53)
Marseille, France
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Spouse(s)Franck Dumontel
Children4

Samia Ghali (pronounced [samɪa ɣalɪ]) (born 1968) is a French Socialist Senator, representing the Bouches-du-Rhône department. She also serves as the Mayor of the 15th and 16th arrondissements of Marseille.

Early life[]

Samia Ghali was born on 10 June 1968 in Marseille, in the South of France.[1][2][3] She grew up in and , two council estates in Marseille, where she was raised by her Algerian-born grandparents.[2][3]

She received a (CAP), or professional certificate, as a secretary and accountant.[3]

Career[]

Ghali became active in politics at the age of sixteen.[3] She became a city councillor of Marseille in 2001.[2]

Since 2008, she has served as a Senator for Bouches-du-Rhône.[1][2] She also serves as the Mayor of the 15th and 16th arrondissements of Marseille.[1][2]

In 2012, she suggested the French Army should be sent to the neighbourhoods of Northern Marseille to put an end to drug-trafficking.[3] In June 2015, her own chauffeur was arrested by the French police in a drug-trafficking raid in La Castellane.[4] She said she was "shocked" and "astounded".[4]

In the 2020 local elections, Ghali ran for mayor of Marseille, though the Socialist Party's official stance was to support the Printemps marseillais ("Marseille Spring") coalition headed by Europe Ecology – The Greens candidate Michèle Rubirola. Benoît Payan, the city's Socialist leader, accused Ghali of splitting the left-wing vote.[5] Later that year, after Rubirola's resignation, Ghali's contingent of eight councillors voted in favour of Payan becoming the new mayor.[6]

Personal life[]

Her second husband is Franck Dumontel, a political administrator.[2] She has four children.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c français, Sénat. "Mme Samia Ghali, sénatrice des Bouches-du-Rhône (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) - Sénat". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Pauline Pelissier, QUI EST SAMIA GHALI, LA "MARIANNE DES QUARTIERS NORD DE MARSEILLE" ?, Grazia, October 14, 2013
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Marseille: Samia Ghali, une "vie de misère", L'Express, October 14, 2013
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Samia Ghali, «stupéfaite» après l’arrestation de son chauffeur, Libération, June 15, 2015
  5. ^ "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" (in French). France Info. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Benoît Payan devient le nouveau maire de Marseille". Le Parisien (in French). 21 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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