Laurent Degallaix

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Laurent Degallaix
Member of Parliament
In office
June 30, 2014 – June 20, 2017
Preceded byJean-Louis Borloo
Succeeded byBéatrice Descamps
Personal details
Born (1965-09-11) September 11, 1965 (age 58)
Valenciennes, France
Political partyRadical Movement (2017–2021)
Horizons (since 2021)
OccupationPolitician

Laurent Degallaix (born September 11, 1965, in Valenciennes, Nord, France) is a French politician. A member of the Radical Party, then the Radical Movement and finally the Horizons movement, he has been mayor of Valenciennes since 2012 and a member of parliament from 2014 to 2017.

Political career[edit]

Mayor of Valenciennes[edit]

On June 28, 2012, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes by the municipal council, following the resignation of Dominique Riquet.[1]

In the 2014 municipal elections, Laurent Degallaix was re-elected in the second round with 50.32% of votes cast, and a turnout of 53.40%.[2] Vice-president of the Valenciennes Métropole agglomeration community in charge of finance since 2008, he was elected president in 2016.[3]

On November 8, 2018, he was taken into police custody in connection with the sale of the municipal office Val' Hainaut Habitat.[4] In 2019, he accepts the Lille public prosecutor's proposal to proceed with a plea bargaining procedure (CRPC) in the V2H case. He is fined 25,000 euros.[5]

In June 2019, La République en marche announced its support for Laurent Degallaix for the 2020 municipal elections in Valenciennes.[6][7][8] He specifies that he does not join the party, intending to keep his "autonomy".[9] He is also the first mayor in the Nord department to be backed by LREM for these elections.[10] The list he led won in the first round with 51% of the vote.[11] He was re-elected mayor when the municipal council was installed on May 26, 2020.[12]

Member of Parliament[edit]

Following the resignation of Jean-Louis Borloo, he was elected deputy in the 21st constituency of Nord in the legislative by-election held on June 22 and 29, 2014. After receiving 47% of the vote in the first round, he was elected with 72.14% of the vote in the second round and resigned from the regional council.[13]

On September 6, 2014, he announced his support for Hervé Morin in the election for UDI president.[14]

In December 2014, he mobilized alongside teachers at the Jean-Moulin secondary school in Wallers to safeguard the resources the school had thanks to the priority education scheme.[15]

A supporter of Alain Juppé in the 2016 open Right and Center primary, he rallied to Emmanuel Macron's candidacy for the 2017 presidential election,[16] but did not provide his sponsorship.[17] Affected by the law on the accumulation of mandates, he does not seek re-election in the following legislative elections but becomes the deputy substitute for Béatrice Descamps.[18]

Laurent Degallaix ran in the 2021 departmental elections in the canton of Valenciennes as a pair with senator Valérie Létard, against outgoing The Republicans (LR) councillors Yves Dusart and Geneviève Mannarino, whom he described as "interims ".[19] The pair came out on top in the first round with almost 37% of the vote,[20] then won the second round with 52.2%.[21]

The same year, after the de facto demise of the MR, he joined the Horizons movement created by former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. He became its referent for the Hauts-de-France region.[22]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Laurent Degallaix, nouveau maire de Valenciennes – France 3 Hauts-de-France". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  2. ^ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 à Valenciennes 59300". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ "Sans surprise, Laurent Degallaix devient le nouveau président de Valenciennes Métropole | L'Observateur". lobservateur.fr. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. ^ Chédozeau, Sébastien (2018-12-28). "Cette vente de V2H qui a valu à Laurent Degallaix une garde à vue". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. ^ "L'affaire V2H pour les nuls… ! – Va-Infos.fr". va-infos.fr. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. ^ "Municipales 2020 : LREM dévoile ses premiers candidats". leparisien.fr (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  7. ^ "Municipales 2020 à Valenciennes : Laurent Degallaix se représentera avec le soutien de La République en Marche". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  8. ^ "Municipales : qui sont les 19 premiers candidats LREM ?". Le Point (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  9. ^ Favre, Hervé (2019-06-17). "LREM investit Laurent Degallaix à Valenciennes". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  10. ^ Bertin, Véronique (2019-06-17). "Laurent Degallaix, premier maire du Nord soutenu par En marche aux municipales". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  11. ^ "Municipales Valenciennes : Laurent Degallaix, le maire UDI réélu à 51% – France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  12. ^ "Valenciennes. Réélu, Laurent Degallaix s'entoure d'une équipe largement renouvelée | L'Observateur". lobservateur.fr. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  13. ^ "Valenciennes: l'UDI Degallaix récupère le siège de député de Borloo". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  14. ^ ""Bébé Borloo" soutient Morin dans sa course à la tête de l'UDI". Le Point (in French). 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  15. ^ "Éducation prioritaire : manifestation ce samedi à Wallers en soutien au collège Jean-Moulin". La Voix du Nord (in French). 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  16. ^ TRIPIANA, VINCENT (2017-01-13). "Laurent Degallaix en marche avec Emmanuel Macron ?". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  17. ^ CHÉDOZEAU, SÉBASTIEN (2017-03-18). "Présidentielle : nos élus plutôt frileux à parrainer". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  18. ^ "Les députés sortants du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais se représentent-ils ?". La Voix du Nord (in French). 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  19. ^ Bertin, Véronique (2021-04-16). "Valérie Létard et Laurent Degallaix à l'assaut du canton de Valenciennes – Saint-Saulve". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  20. ^ "Elections départementales 2021 : Nord (59) – canton de Valenciennes (5939)". elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  21. ^ "Départementales 2021 dans le Nord : découvrez les résultats définitifs du second tour". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  22. ^ "L'organisation". Horizons Le parti (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  23. ^ "Bulletin officiel des décorations, médailles et récompenses – Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-25.

External links[edit]

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