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Ana Maria "Anne" Hidalgo Aleu
(
French pronunciation:
[an idalgo]
; born 19 June 1959) is a French politician. She is the
Mayor
of
Paris
since 2014. She is the first woman to hold the office. She was born in Spain.
She is a member of the
Socialist Party
since 1994. She was the First Deputy Mayor of Paris under
Bertrand Delanoe
(2001?2014), holding the title of
Paris City Councillor
from the
15th arrondissement
since 9 March 2001.
[2]
She is trying to reduce car traffic in Paris, and wants wider pavements, more trees and more cycling. She is setting up 60 km of bicycle lanes. She is stopping
sewer
s from emptying into the
River Seine
.
[3]
On 12 September 2021, Hidalgo announced her candidacy for
President of France
in the
2022 presidential election
.
[4]
[5]
She came in tenth place in the election, winning 1.75% of the vote.
- ↑
Jerome Bonnet, 'To be Mayor is to work 24 hours a day',
FT Weekend Magazine
(
Financial Times
supplement), February 28/March 1, 2015, pp. 18-21
- ↑
"La nouvelle vie d'Anne Hidalgo"
.
Le Parisien
(in French)
. Retrieved
2009-07-23
.
- ↑
"Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo: A city's creativity doesn't depend on cars. That's the 20th century"
.
Financial Times
. 2023-03-13
. Retrieved
2023-03-13
.
- ↑
Hidalgo, Anne [@anne_hidalgo] (September 12, 2021).
"Humblement, consciente de la gravite de cet instant, et pour faire de nos espoirs la realite de nos vies, j'ai decide d'etre candidate a la presidence de la Republique francaise"
[Humbly, aware of the gravity of this moment, and to make our hopes the reality of our lives, I have decided to be a candidate for the presidency of the French Republic.] (Tweet) (in French)
. Retrieved
12 September
2021
– via
Twitter
.
- ↑
"Quand Anne Hidalgo promettait qu'elle ne serait pas candidate a la presidentielle"
,
Le Figaro
(in French), 12 September 2021