Laurent Degallaix
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Laurent.degallaix.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|09|11}}
| birth_place = Valenciennes, France
| party = Radical Movement (2017–2021)
Horizons (since 2021)
| occupation = Politician
| office = Member of Parliament
| term_start = June 30, 2014
| term_end = June 20, 2017
| predecessor = Jean-Louis Borloo
| successor = Béatrice Descamps
}}{{Short description|French politician}}
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
= Mayor of Valenciennes =
On June 28, 2012, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes by the municipal council, following the resignation of Dominique Riquet.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-16 |title=Laurent Degallaix, nouveau maire de Valenciennes – France 3 Hauts-de-France |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035410/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/info/laurent-degallaix-nouveau-maire-de-valenciennes-74726668.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr}}
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%.{{Cite web |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2022 à Valenciennes 59300 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/resultats-elections/valenciennes-59606/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Le Monde.fr |language=fr-FR}} Vice-president of the Valenciennes Métropole agglomeration community in charge of finance since 2008, he was elected president in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2019-02-16 |title=Sans surprise, Laurent Degallaix devient le nouveau président de Valenciennes Métropole {{!}} L'Observateur |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035556/http://www.lobservateur.fr/valenciennois/valenciennes/2016/01/18/sans-surprise-laurent-degallaix-devient-le-nouveau-president-de-valenciennes-metropole/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=lobservateur.fr}}
On November 8, 2018, he was taken into police custody in connection with the sale of the municipal office Val' Hainaut Habitat.{{Cite web |last=Chédozeau |first=Sébastien |date=2018-12-28 |title=Cette vente de V2H qui a valu à Laurent Degallaix une garde à vue |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/513898/article/2018-12-28/cette-vente-de-v2h-qui-valu-laurent-degallaix-une-garde-vue |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-21 |title=L’affaire V2H pour les nuls… ! – Va-Infos.fr |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421211334/https://www.va-infos.fr/2019/09/20/laffaire-v2h-pour-les-nuls/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=va-infos.fr}}
In June 2019, La République en marche announced its support for Laurent Degallaix for the 2020 municipal elections in Valenciennes.{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2019-06-17 |title=Municipales 2020 : LREM dévoile ses premiers candidats |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/politique/municipales-2020-lrem-devoile-ses-premiers-candidats-17-06-2019-8095089.php |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-17 |title=Municipales 2020 à Valenciennes : Laurent Degallaix se représentera avec le soutien de La République en Marche |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/valenciennes/municipales-2020-laurent-degallaix-se-representera-soutien-republique-marche-1686734.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=France 3 Hauts-de-France |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |date=2019-06-17 |title=Municipales : qui sont les 19 premiers candidats LREM ? |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/municipales-qui-sont-les-19-premiers-candidats-lrem-17-06-2019-2319349_20.php |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Le Point |language=fr}} He specifies that he does not join the party, intending to keep his "autonomy".{{Cite web |last=Favre |first=Hervé |date=2019-06-17 |title=LREM investit Laurent Degallaix à Valenciennes |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/600179/article/2019-06-17/lrem-investit-degallaix-avant-de-regler-les-cas-de-lille-et-roubaix |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}} He is also the first mayor in the Nord department to be backed by LREM for these elections.{{Cite web |last=Bertin |first=Véronique |date=2019-06-17 |title=Laurent Degallaix, premier maire du Nord soutenu par En marche aux municipales |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/599990/article/2019-06-17/laurent-degallaix-premier-maire-du-nord-investi-par-en-marche-pour-les |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}} The list he led won in the first round with 51% of the vote.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-15 |title=Municipales Valenciennes : Laurent Degallaix, le maire UDI réélu à 51% – France Bleu |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/municipales-valenciennes-laurent-degallaix-le-maire-udi-reelu-a-51-1584308245 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}} He was re-elected mayor when the municipal council was installed on May 26, 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-07 |title=Valenciennes. Réélu, Laurent Degallaix s’entoure d’une équipe largement renouvelée {{!}} L'Observateur |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607112847/https://www.lobservateur.fr/valenciennois/valenciennes/2020/05/26/valenciennes-reelu-laurent-degallaix-sentoure-dune-equipe-largement-renouvelee/ |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=lobservateur.fr}}
= Member of Parliament =
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.{{Cite web |title=Valenciennes: l'UDI Degallaix récupère le siège de député de Borloo |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/modem/valenciennes-l-udi-degallaix-recupere-le-siege-de-depute-de-borloo_AN-201406290002.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=BFMTV |language=fr}}
On September 6, 2014, he announced his support for Hervé Morin in the election for UDI president.{{Cite web |date=2014-09-06 |title="Bébé Borloo" soutient Morin dans sa course à la tête de l'UDI |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/bebe-borloo-soutient-morin-dans-sa-course-a-la-tete-de-l-udi-06-09-2014-1860884_20.php |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Le Point |language=fr}}
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.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Éducation prioritaire : manifestation ce samedi à Wallers en soutien au collège Jean-Moulin |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/art/region/education-prioritaire-manifestation-ce-samedi-a-wallers-ia27b36960n2548957 |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}}
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,{{Cite web |last=TRIPIANA |first=VINCENT |date=2017-01-13 |title=Laurent Degallaix en marche avec Emmanuel Macron ? |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/102951/article/2017-01-13/laurent-degallaix-en-marche-avec-emmanuel-macron |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}} but did not provide his sponsorship.{{Cite web |last=CHÉDOZEAU |first=SÉBASTIEN |date=2017-03-18 |title=Présidentielle : nos élus plutôt frileux à parrainer |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/134493/article/2017-03-18/presidentielle-nos-elus-plutot-frileux-parrainer |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-19 |title=Les députés sortants du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais se représentent-ils ? |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/165481/article/2017-05-19/les-deputes-sortants-du-nord-et-du-pas-de-calais-se-representent-ils |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}}
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 ".{{Cite web |last=Bertin |first=Véronique |date=2021-04-16 |title=Valérie Létard et Laurent Degallaix à l’assaut du canton de Valenciennes – Saint-Saulve |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/984490/article/2021-04-16/valerie-letard-et-laurent-degallaix-l-assaut-du-canton-de-valenciennes-saint |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr}} The pair came out on top in the first round with almost 37% of the vote,{{Cite web |title=Elections départementales 2021 : Nord (59) – canton de Valenciennes (5939) |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/departementales-2021/059/0595939.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=elections.interieur.gouv.fr}} then won the second round with 52.2%.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-27 |title=Départementales 2021 dans le Nord : découvrez les résultats définitifs du second tour |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/nord-0/direct-departementales-2021-dans-le-nord-decouvrez-les-resultats-du-second-tour-2149726.html |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=France 3 Hauts-de-France |language=fr-FR}}
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.{{Cite web |title=L'organisation |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhorizonsleparti.fr%2Forganisation%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=Horizons Le parti |language=fr}}
Awards
- Ordre des Palmes académiques (decree of January 11, 2010){{Cite web |title=Bulletin officiel des décorations, médailles et récompenses – Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/liste/bodmr?facetteYearPubli=2010&sortValue=PUBLICATION_DATE_DESC&pageSize=100&page=1&tab_selection=all#bodmr |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr}}
References
External links
- [https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA702053 National Assembly]
- [https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/18587 Sycomore base]
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