Jacques Bigot
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Jacques Bigot is a French politician, Mayor of Illkirch-Graffenstaden
and President of the Urban Community of Strasbourg
. He is a member of the Socialist Party
.
Member of the PS since the Pau Congress
, he ran in the 1983 municipal elections on the Socialist list in Illkirch-Graffenstaden
(Bas-Rhin
), which was overwhelmingly defeated (26% of votes). Opposition councillor, he became the top candidate in the same town in the 1989 election, again without success, against the outgoing mayor in office since 1971.
In 1995, taking advantage of a disunited right, he was finally elected Mayor of Illkirch-Graffenstaden. During the Catherine Trautmann
-Roland Ries
, he was vice-president of the Urban Community of Strasbourg
and chaired the Departmental Fire and Rescue (SDIS67).
In a negative national and regional context for the PS, he was re-elected mayor in 2001 with a 26 vote majority over the right and announced that it would be his last term. However, in 2008, he ran for a third term he was reelected in the first round with nearly 70% of the votes.
During the 2008 campaign, his name was mentioned as a favourite in the race for the presidency of the Urban Community of Strasbourg
, and its nearly 500,000 residents in case of the victory of the left in the municipality of Strasbourg
. Roland Ries
(PS) was elected Mayor of Strasbourg and Bigot became President of the Urban Community of Strasbourg on April 18, 2008 with 62 votes in favour and 27 null votes.
Jacques Bigot was also the PS' top candidate in Alsace
in the 1998
and 2004
regional election and currently chairs the Socialist Group in the Alsace Regional Council
. He will once again be the PS' top candidate in the 2010
elections.
Illkirch-Graffenstaden
-Geography:The larger adjacent communes, like Illkirch-Graffenstaden, are effectively outer suburbs of the Strasbourg conurbation. These include Strasbourg-Meinau, Ostwald and Geispolsheim...
and President of the Urban Community of Strasbourg
Urban Community of Strasbourg
The Urban Community of Strasbourg , also known by its French initials CUS, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Strasbourg and some of its suburbs....
. He is a member of the Socialist Party
Socialist Party (France)
The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...
.
Member of the PS since the Pau Congress
Pau Congress
The Pau Congress was the fifth national congress of the French Socialist Party . It took place from January 31 to February 12, 1975. The "Epinay Coalition" between Mitterrand and Chevènement's CÉRÉS group ended and CÉRÉS joined the minority.-Results:François Mitterrand was re-elected as First...
, he ran in the 1983 municipal elections on the Socialist list in Illkirch-Graffenstaden
Illkirch-Graffenstaden
-Geography:The larger adjacent communes, like Illkirch-Graffenstaden, are effectively outer suburbs of the Strasbourg conurbation. These include Strasbourg-Meinau, Ostwald and Geispolsheim...
(Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
), which was overwhelmingly defeated (26% of votes). Opposition councillor, he became the top candidate in the same town in the 1989 election, again without success, against the outgoing mayor in office since 1971.
In 1995, taking advantage of a disunited right, he was finally elected Mayor of Illkirch-Graffenstaden. During the Catherine Trautmann
Catherine Trautmann
Catherine Trautmann is a former Minister of Culture of France and now Member of the European Parliament for the East of France.She was elected as mayor of Strasbourg in 1989, re-elected in 1995, then defeated in 2001....
-Roland Ries
Roland Ries
Roland Ries is a French politician from Alsace, occupying several posts on local, regional and national level since 1997....
, he was vice-president of the Urban Community of Strasbourg
Urban Community of Strasbourg
The Urban Community of Strasbourg , also known by its French initials CUS, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Strasbourg and some of its suburbs....
and chaired the Departmental Fire and Rescue (SDIS67).
In a negative national and regional context for the PS, he was re-elected mayor in 2001 with a 26 vote majority over the right and announced that it would be his last term. However, in 2008, he ran for a third term he was reelected in the first round with nearly 70% of the votes.
During the 2008 campaign, his name was mentioned as a favourite in the race for the presidency of the Urban Community of Strasbourg
Urban Community of Strasbourg
The Urban Community of Strasbourg , also known by its French initials CUS, is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Strasbourg and some of its suburbs....
, and its nearly 500,000 residents in case of the victory of the left in the municipality of Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. Roland Ries
Roland Ries
Roland Ries is a French politician from Alsace, occupying several posts on local, regional and national level since 1997....
(PS) was elected Mayor of Strasbourg and Bigot became President of the Urban Community of Strasbourg on April 18, 2008 with 62 votes in favour and 27 null votes.
Jacques Bigot was also the PS' top candidate in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
in the 1998
French regional elections, 1998
Regional elections were held in France on 15 March 1998. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they don't have legislative autonomy, manage sizeable budgets...
and 2004
French regional elections, 2004
Regional elections in were held in France on 21 and 28 March 2004. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 regions which, although they do not have legislative powers, manage sizeable budgets...
regional election and currently chairs the Socialist Group in the Alsace Regional Council
Alsace Regional Council
The Alsace Regional Council is the Conseil régional of Alsace . It is chaired by Philippe Richert. It includes 47 members.-By party:-2004:-1998:-1992:-1986:-Past Presidents:* André Bord * Pierre Schiélé...
. He will once again be the PS' top candidate in the 2010
French regional elections, 2010
Regional elections were held in France on 14 and 21 March 2010. At stake were the presidencies of each of France's 26 régions, which, though they do not have legislative autonomy, manage sizable budgets....
elections.