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Grégory Doucet

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Grégory Doucet
Mayor of Lyon
Assumed office
4 July 2020
Preceded byGérard Collomb
Personal details
Born (1973-08-22) 22 August 1973 (age 51)
Paris, France
Political partyThe Greens (2007–2010)
Europe Ecology – The Greens (2010–present)
Alma materRouen Business School

Grégory Doucet (French pronunciation: [ɡʁeɡɔʁi dusɛ]; born 22 August 1973) is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Lyon since 2020. He is a member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV).[1]

Mayor of Lyon

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On 12 September 2019, Doucet was chosen to lead the EELV list in the 2020 municipal election, in which it received an absolute majority of the vote with 52.4% in the second round. It placed first in seven out of nine arrondissements in the second round; Doucet stood as a candidate in the 3rd arrondissement.

Elected to the mayorship by the municipal council of Lyon on 4 July 2020, he became the first member of his party to assume the office. He is also a councillor of Lyon Metropolis, where he sits on the Committee on Finance, Institutions, Resources and Territorial Organisation.

References

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  1. ^ "Élections municipales : qui est Grégory Doucet, le futur maire de Lyon ?" (in French). RTL. Retrieved 31 January 2021.