Éric Piolle
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Éric Piolle in 2013
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| Mayor of Grenoble | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Destot |
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| Born | 6 January 1973 Pau, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Political party | Europe Ecology – The Greens |
Éric Piolle (born January 6, 1973) is a French engineer and politician. He was Regional Councillor of Rhône-Alpes from March 2010 to April 2014. He has served as mayor of Grenoble since 2014.[1]
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Education and business career
Piolle was born in Pau, France. He attended a local high school in that area. After graduating, he went to the Grenoble Institute of Technology to study engineering.
He joined the Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001, and became a senior manager at the Grenoble site.[2] In February 2011, he was fired for refusing to set up a relocation plan.[3]
He co-founded the company Raise Partners, a company specializing in financial risk management.[4]
Political career
Before mayor of Grenoble
In 1997, at 24, Piolle was a parliamentary candidate for the eighth district of Isère as a Miscellaneous left, he won 1.35 % of the votes.[5] In 2002 he was a substitute candidate during the legislative elections for the first district of Isère.
In March 2010, he was elected as a regional councilor of Isère, which is a department in the Rhône-Alpes region, as a member of Europe Ecology.[6]
In June 2012, he was a parliamentary candidate for the first district of Isère as a member of EELV, he won 7.7% of votes.[7]
Election for Grenoble mayor
In 2014, Piolle became a candidate for mayor of Grenoble during the municipal elections, his motto being "Grenoble, Une Ville pour Tous" (Grenoble, A City for All).[8] He was the leading candidate throughout the race, gathering support from environmentalists, EELV, the Left Party, The Alternatives, the Anticapitalist Left, and two local associations, ADES and the Citizen Network.[9][10] He was elected during a city council session on April 4, 2014, succeeding Michel Destot (PS) as mayor of Grenoble. He received 50 votes out of the 59 councilors.[11]
After winning the election, he declined to run for president of Grenoble-Alpes Métropole, and resigned from his position as a regional councilor of Rhône-Alpes.[12]
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