Yves Piétrasanta

{{Short description|French politician (1939–2022)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Yves Piétrasanta

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|08|19|df=y}}

|birth_place = Mèze, Hérault, France

|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|05|28|1939|08|19|df=y}}

|office1 = Mayor of Mèze

|term_start1 = 1977

|term_end1 = 2001

|preceded1 = Georges Jean

|succeeded1 = Yvon Pibre

|office2 = Member of the European Parliament for France

|term_start2 = July 20, 1999

|term_end2 = February 2, 2004

|preceded2 =

|succeeded2 = Marie-Françoise Duthu

|party = Radical Party of the Left (until 1991)
Ecology Generation (1991–1997)
The Greens (1998–2008)

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Yves Piétrasanta (19 August 1939 – 28 May 2022) was a French politician.{{Cite web|url=http://lesinfosvertes.hautetfort.com/archive/2009/04/30/ecolo.html|title=The ex-Green Yves Pietrasanta resumes his colors|work=Green Info|date=30 April 2009|access-date=28 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220213633/http://lesinfosvertes.hautetfort.com/archive/2009/04/30/ecolo.html|archive-date=20 February 2010|language=French|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}} He served as the mayor of Mèze from 1977 to 2001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ville-meze.fr/yves-pietrasanta-renonce-a-la-fonction-de-premier-adjoint/|title=Yves Piétrasanta relinquishes the position of First Deputy|work=City of Mèze|date=24 July 2018|access-date=28 May 2022|language=French}} Piétrasanta also served as The Greens Member of the European Parliament for France.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2022/05/28/yves-pietrasanta-ancien-maire-de-meze-et-pionner-de-l-ecologie-politique-en-france-est-mort_6128028_3382.html|title=Yves Pietrasanta, former mayor of Mèze and pioneer of political ecology in France, has died|work=Le Monde|date=28 May 2022|access-date=28 May 2022|language=French}} He was a president candidate of the Génération Ecologie in 2012, later withdrawing on 7 February 2012 and joining another politician, François Hollande's campaign team.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/05/29/97001-20110529FILWWW00130-2012-generation-ecologie-a-un-candidat.php|title=2012: Génération écologie has a candidate|work=Le Figaro|date=29 May 2011|access-date=28 May 2022|language=French}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/02/07/97001-20120207FILWWW00494-2012-pietrasanta-retire-sa-candidature.php|title=2012: Pietrasanta withdraws its candidacy|work=Le Figaro|date=7 February 2012|access-date=28 May 2022|language=French}} In 2018, he retired from the leadership of Génération Ecologie and was succeeded by Delphine Batho.{{Cite web |date=2018-11-08 |title=Delphine BATHO succède à Yves PIETRASANTA à la tête de Génération Ecologie - Génération Écologie |url=http://www.generationecologie.net/2018/08/transition-a-la-tete-de-generation-ecologie.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108025730/http://www.generationecologie.net/2018/08/transition-a-la-tete-de-generation-ecologie.html |archive-date=2018-11-08 }}

Piétrasanta died in May 2022, at the age of 82.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ville-meze.fr/yves-pietrasanta-nous-a-quittes/|title=Yves Pietrasanta has passed away|work=City of Mèze|date=28 May 2022|access-date=28 May 2022|language=French}}