The brutal dying of Jean-Luc Laurent, mayor of Kremlin-Bicêtre | EUROtoday

Mayor of Kremlin-Bicêtre (Val-de-Marne), president of the Republican and Citizen Movement (MRC, left), Jean-Luc Laurent died abruptly on the Marie-Lannelongue hospital, in Plessis-Robinson (Hauts-de-Seine ), on Thursday January 11, early within the afternoon, of a cardiac arrest that occurred when he appeared to be recovering from a primary assault, on December 21, 2023. He was 66 years outdated.

This affable man, whose courtesy was mixed with sturdy willpower, was a humanist, as emphasised by all those that, from left to proper, paid tribute to him. Born June 23, 1957 in Paris, he joined the Socialist Party on the age of 20 and have become a member of the nationwide workplace in 1992. Elected for the primary time in 1983 within the ranks of the opposition to the Kremlin-Bicêtre municipal council, he he must wait twelve years to take a seat on the head of the city corridor. He shall be re-elected in 2001, 2008, 2014 and 2020.

Elected deputy for the tenth constituency of Val-de-Marne in 2012, he handed over his place as mayor to his first deputy, Jean-Marc Nicolle, in January 2016, to respect the legislation on the non-cumulation of mandates. But his successor, caught up in numerous affairs, was indicted in 2018 for breach of belief, favoritism, affect peddling and energetic corruption, however nonetheless retained his place. In the next municipal elections, in 2020, he ran towards his former touring companion. He gained with issue with 34.2% of the votes within the second spherical, inside the framework of a triangular.

Close to Arnaud Montebourg (he had participated in his pre-campaign for the 2022 presidential election), Jean-Luc Laurent was additionally a loyal supporter of Jean-Pierre Chevènement. In 1993, he participated alongside him within the creation of the Citizens’ Movement, which turned the Republican and Citizens’ Movement. He acts as basic secretary of the primary after which turns into nationwide secretary of the second.

Tributes are pouring in from all sides

At the Kremlin-Bicêtre congress in June 2008, he was named nationwide secretary accountable for the group and coordination of the celebration. Two years later, he turned president with 91.7% of the votes, succeeding his mentor who didn’t stand for re-election.

Regional councilor of Ile-de-France in 1986, he was elected vice-president accountable for housing, city renewal and land motion, after the victory of the left in 1998. He was then particular delegate of Greater Paris and on the identical time chairs the Ile-de-France Land Establishment. On the night of his election to the Palais-Bourbon, in 2012, he introduced his resignation from these two mandates to adjust to the laws. He fought his final combat on December 14, 2023 when he welcomed the mayors of the division to collectively ask the State “to no longer abandon the municipalities of France and particularly Val-de-Marne”.

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