The former first deputy of Michèle Rubirola was elected mayor of Marseille after the resignation of the latter, last Tuesday, for "health reasons".
At 42, he became the youngest city councilor in the history of Marseille.
Socialist Benoît Payan, a member of the left-wing union of Printemps Marseille, was elected mayor of Marseille on Monday, replacing Michèle Rubirola, who resigned after less than six months at the head of France's second city.
Benoît Payan, 42, obtained 53 votes in the vote in the municipal council, that is to say the absolute majority required, and becomes the youngest mayor of Marseille.
The right-wing opposition did not take part in the vote denouncing a "form of denial of democracy".
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