Éric Piolle

Éric Piolle

Éric Piolle in 2013
Mayor of Grenoble
Assumed office
4 April 2014
Preceded by Michel Destot
Personal details
Born (1973-01-06) 6 January 1973
Pau, France
Nationality French
Political party Europe Ecology – The Greens

Éric Piolle (born January 6, 1973) is a French engineer and politician. He was Regional Councillor of Rhône-Alpes from March 2010 to April 2014. He has served as mayor of Grenoble since 2014.[1]

Education and business career

Piolle was born in Pau, France. He attended a local high school in that area. After graduating, he went to the Grenoble Institute of Technology to study engineering.

He joined the Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001, and became a senior manager at the Grenoble site.[2] In February 2011, he was fired for refusing to set up a relocation plan.[3]

He co-founded the company Raise Partners, a company specializing in financial risk management.[4]

Political career

Before mayor of Grenoble

In 1997, at 24, Piolle was a parliamentary candidate for the eighth district of Isère as a Miscellaneous left, he won 1.35 % of the votes.[5] In 2002 he was a substitute candidate during the legislative elections for the first district of Isère.

In March 2010, he was elected as a regional councilor of Isère, which is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region, as a member of Europe Ecology.[6]

In June 2012, he was a parliamentary candidate for the first district of Isère as a member of EELV, he won 7.7% of votes.[7]

Election for Grenoble mayor

In 2014, Piolle became a candidate for mayor of Grenoble during the municipal elections, his motto being "Grenoble, Une Ville pour Tous" (Grenoble, A City for All).[8] He was the leading candidate throughout the race, gathering support from environmentalists, EELV, the Left Party, The Alternatives, the Anticapitalist Left, and two local associations, ADES and the Citizen Network.[9][10] He was elected during a city council session on April 4, 2014, succeeding Michel Destot (PS) as mayor of Grenoble. He received 50 votes out of the 59 councilors.[11]

After winning the election, he declined to run for president of Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, and resigned from his position as a regional councilor of Rhône-Alpes.[12]

References

  1. "Eric Piolle, Maire de Grenoble". Grenoble.fr (in French). Retrieved August 8, 2015.
  2. "HP : les faits d’armes du manager Piolle". Place Gre'net (in French). July 1, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  3. Desmoulières, Raphaëlle Besse (March 31, 2014). "A Grenoble, l'écologiste Eric Piolle arrache la ville au PS". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  4. "Raise Partner : Eric Piolle attaqué par l'opposition". Place Gre'net (in French). July 8, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. "Résultats des élections législatives de 1997". Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  6. "Résultats des élections régionales 2010". Ministère de l'Intérieur (in French). March 21, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  7. "Résultats des élections législatives 2012". Ministère de l'Intérieur (in French). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  8. "Une ville pour tous au programme d'e. Piolle". Place Gre'net (in French). February 22, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  9. "Résultats municipales : les écolos gagnent à Grenoble". Le Figaro (in French). March 30, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  10. Lagrange, Catherine (March 28, 2012). "Municipales 2014, second tour - Les écologistes prennent Grenoble". Le Point (in French). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  11. "L'écologiste Éric Piolle élu maire de Grenoble". Le Figaro (in French). April 4, 2014. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  12. Blanchard, Lucie (April 17, 2014). "Piolle (EE-LV) remplacé par Grasset (GE) à la région". Lyon Capitale (in French). Retrieved September 26, 2015.
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