Michèle Rubirola
Mayor of Marseille
In office
4 July 2020 – 21 December 2020
Preceded byJean-Claude Gaudin
Succeeded byBenoît Payan
Personal details
Born (1956-07-28) 28 July 1956
Marseille, France
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens (2010–present)
Other political
affiliations		The Greens (2002–2010)
Alma materAix-Marseille University (PhD)
OccupationPhysician, politician

Michèle Rubirola (born 28 July 1956) is a French politician who served as Mayor of Marseille from 4 July to 21 December 2020.[1] A physician by occupation, she succeeded Jean-Claude Gaudin, who chose not to run for reelection to a fifth term in office[2] and endorsed his long-term deputy Martine Vassal, who lost the mayorship race following the municipal election in June 2020.[3] A member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), Rubirola is the first female Mayor of Marseille. Her grandparents came from Catalonia and Naples.[4]

On 15 December 2020 she announced her resignation from the mayorship[1] for health reasons.[5] She was succeeded by First Deputy Mayor Benoît Payan of the Socialist Party, whom she succeeded as First Deputy Mayor on 21 December 2021. Rubirola previously held a seat in the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône from 2015 to 2021, elected in the canton of Marseille-1 alongside Payan.

References

  1. 1 2 "Michèle Rubirola, les ressorts d'une démission". Le Point.fr (in French). 15 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Biographie". www.jeanclaudegaudin.net. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Marseille Turns Green With Election of First Woman Mayor". The New York Times. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ↑ Martinat, Philippe. "Michèle Rubirola, le nouveau visage de Marseille". www.leparisien.fr. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "BFMTV: Michèle Rubirola explique les raisons de sa demission". Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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