Roger Meï

{{Short description|French politician (1935–2025)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{infobox Politician

| name = Roger Meï

| image = Roger mei.jpg

| caption = Meï in 2013

| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Bouches-du-Rhône's 10th constituency

| term_start = 1996

| term_end = 2002

| predecessor = Bernard Tapie

| successor = Richard Mallié

| office2 = Mayor of Gardanne

| term_start2 = 1977

| term_end2 = 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|05|03|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hyères, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|05|04|1935|05|03|df=yes}}

| death_place = Gardanne, France

| party = PCF

}}

Roger Meï (3 May 1935 – 4 May 2025) was a French politician.

Meï's grandfather immigrated to France from Tuscany, settling in La Ciotat, where he found work at a shipyard. Meï was born in Hyères on 3 May 1935, and grew up poor on Porquerolles.{{cite news |last1=Palm |first1=Carine |title=Roger Meï, ancien maire de Gardanne : "Ne m'oubliez pas" |url=https://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-aix-pays-daix/6047520/roger-mei-ne-moubliez-pas.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=La Provence |date=14 July 2020 |language=fr}}

Meï was elected mayor of Gardanne in 1977 and served for 43 years, until Hervé Granier replaced in him in 2020.{{cite news |last1=Isnard-Dupuy |first1=Pierre |title=Après 43 ans à la tête de Gardanne, Roger Meï part avec sa voiture de fonction |url=https://marsactu.fr/apres-43-ans-a-la-tete-de-gardanne-roger-mei-part-avec-sa-voiture-de-fonction/ |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Marsactu |date=20 July 2020 |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Isnard-Dupuy |first1=Pierre |title=Roger Meï, 43 ans de règne sans transition |url=https://marsactu.fr/gardanne-roger-mei/ |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Marsactu |date=29 July 2020 |language=fr}} Each of his mayoral opponents had lost in the first round, except during the 1989 election cycle.{{cite news |last1=Isnard-Dupuy |first1=Pierre |title=Jean-Brice Garella, le Poulidor de la politique gardannaise, roule pour Jean-Marc La Piana |url=https://marsactu.fr/jean-brice-garella-le-poulidor-de-la-politique-gardannaise-roule-pour-jean-marc-la-piana/ |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Marsactu |date=26 June 2020 |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Lucas |first1=Christine |title=Quatre candidats à l'assaut de la forteresse Meï |url=https://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-aix-pays-daix/2732318/quatre-candidats-a-lassaut-de-la-forteresse-mei.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=La Provence |date=1 February 2014}} He was a member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2002, representing Bouches-du-Rhône's 10th constituency for the French Communist Party.{{cite news |title=Roger Meï |url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/(num_dept)/5163 |access-date=3 October 2021 |agency=National Assembly |language=fr}} He died at the age of 90 on 4 May 2025.[https://www.laprovence.com/article/region/1229284151832915/roger-mei-maire-de-gardanne-de-1977-a-2020-est-decede "Il a été un combattant, tout le temps" : Roger Meï, maire de Gardanne de 1977 à 2020, est décédé] {{in lang|fr}}