The third time is good. Mathieu Klein, a young wolf of the Socialist Party who had refused in 2018 a post of minister in the government of Edouard Philippe, faced Laurent Hénart (center right) during an election. He won the municipal election at 44 and became the first left mayor of Nancy for more than seven decades, according to first estimates.
Former executive in a mutual organization, in charge of health prevention and access to care, Mathieu Klein grew up in a family of teachers in the east of the Moselle. He became interested in politics as a teenager.
Openly gay, married to a general practitioner and father of three children, Mathieu Klein became a member of the PS national office in 2008. He supported Martine Aubry during the socialist primaries in 2011, then was one of the spokespersons of Manuel Valls, candidate for the socialist primary for the presidential election in 2017.
Meanwhile, he had taken the reins of the departmental council of Meurthe-et-Moselle in 2014, after the accidental death of President Michel Dinet.
The results of the municipal elections in Nancy
"Socialist faithful to (his) ideas", he places "solidarity, the fight against all forms of exclusion and against poverty" at the heart of his commitment. For this election, Mathieu Klein, who noted “a different atmosphere compared to 2014, a desire for change, for renewal”, led a field campaign with in particular a mobile permanence in Vosges wood and recycled materials, sounding his opponent on his choices in transport and sustainable development.
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