David Belliard

David Belliard (born 29 May 1978) is a French politician. From 2014 to 2020, he was the leader of the Green Party faction at the Council of Paris.[1] He ran for mayor of Paris in the 2020 municipal election[2] as the Ecologist candidate. As of July 2020, he serves as a member of the executive team to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, in charge of the transformation of public spaces, as well as transportation, mobility, rules and regulations on city streets, and the management of roads.

David Belliard
David Belliard in 2021
Deputy Mayor of Paris
Assumed office
3 July 2020
Preceded byChristophe Najdovski
MayorAnne Hidalgo
Councillor of Paris
Assumed office
6 April 2014
MayorAnne Hidalgo
Personal details
Born (1978-05-29) 29 May 1978
La Teste-de-Buch, France
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens
Alma materEDHEC Business School

Early life

Belliard was born on 29 May 1978 in La Teste-de-Buch[3] and was raised in Augicourt, near Vesoul, in rural France, in a working-class family. His father was a bricklayer and his mother a cleaning woman. To this day, Belliard refers to himself as a "son of proletarians".[4] He wrote a book about his mother, her illness, and his devastation after she died in 2020.[5]

After studying in Nancy, he attended EdHEC, a business School in Lille, borrowing money and working to finance his studies.

After a first experience as a consultant, which he describes as "inconclusive", he moved to Paris in 2000 to work as a journalist for Alternatives économiques,[6] a post he has continued part-time since being elected to the City Council during the 2014 municipal election.[7]

Activism

David Belliard, who is openly gay, became Deputy Chief Executive of Sidaction in 2008.[8]

Politics

David Belliard joined the Green Party in 2002 and has been an active member since. He played a role in the 2009 campaign for the European Parliament and in the transformation of the "Greens" to "Europe Ecology-The Greens".[9] He was elected to the Council of Paris as a Councillor for the 11th arrondissement of Paris in the 2014 election.[10] He has served as a metropolitan advisor for the Metropole du Grand Paris since its creation in December 2015.

In March 2019, Belliard put forward his candidacy for mayor as the Green Party candidate in the 2020 municipal elections.[11] He won the nomination on 1 June 2019[12] with 49.61% of the party vote,[13] placing ahead of the other candidate, Julien Bayou.[14]

On 11 February 2020, Belliard said that while he condemned violence against individuals and property, it was important to understand the root causes behind the invasion of BlackRock's headquarters by ecological activists in Paris.[15]

After the first round of the Paris municipal election, Belliard and Europe Ecology-The Greens negotiated a common political program and hybrid electoral list with Paris En Commun, resulting in an alliance for the second round of the election.[16] At the city level, this coalition won the election with 48.70% of all votes.[17]

As of 3 July 2020, Belliard serves as a member of the executive team to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, responsible for the transformation of public spaces, as well as transportation, mobility, rules and regulations on city streets, and the management of roads.[18]

Books
  • Nous ne sommes pas coupables d’être malades, avec Alix Béranger, éditions Petits matins, 2010[19]
  • Notre santé est-elle à vendre ?, éditions Textuel, 2012[20]
  • Paris, rêve de gosse, 2020[21]
  • Et soudain tout s’éteint, Stock[5]

Notes
  1. O'Sullivan, Feargus (12 April 2017). "Paris's War on Cars Will Be Waged in Its Suburbs". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  2. "The fight to become Paris's next mayor has begun". France 24. 2 March 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. "Tout savoir sur David Belliard, candidat EELV à la mairie de Paris". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. "David Belliard, "prolo, fils de prolo", un écolo à la conquête de la mairie de Paris". Nouvel Obs.
  5. "« Et soudain tout s'éteint » : les confessions de David Belliard, le « fils de prolo » devenu leader écolo". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. Match, Paris. "David Belliard : le Paris d'un écolo pragmatique". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  7. lefigaro.fr. "Paris 11eme Secteur 75011 – Résultats des municipales 2014 de la ville". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  8. BFMTV. "Sidaction : où en est-on ?". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  9. "David Belliard, nu comme un vert". Libération.fr (in French). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  10. "Tout savoir sur David Belliard, candidat EELV à la mairie de Paris". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  11. JDD, Le. "David Belliard : "La perspective d'avoir un écologiste maire de Paris n'est plus un rêve"". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  12. "Municipales à Paris : David Belliard conduira la liste EELV". LExpress.fr (in French). 1 June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  13. "Municipales : David Belliard tête de liste des écologistes à Paris". Les Echos (in French). 1 June 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  14. à 19h04, Par Propos recueillis par Christine HenryLe 2 juin 2019; À 07h04, Modifié Le 3 Juin 2019 (2 June 2019). "Municipales à Paris : David Belliard, candidat écologiste, rêve d'une capitale verte". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  15. "Intrusion chez BlackRock : David Belliard "condamne" les violences mais appelle à "comprendre"". 11 February 2020.
  16. à 06h11, Par Charlotte RobinetLe 2 juin 2020; À 07h43, Modifié Le 2 Juin 2020 (2 June 2020). "Accord Hidalgo-Belliard : "Il y aura au minimum une mairie écologiste à Paris durant la prochaine mandature"". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  17. "Résultats municipales 2020 à Paris". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  18. "David BELLIARD". www.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  19. Béranger, Alix (2010). Nous ne sommes pas coupables d'être malades!. Belliard, David, Winckler, Martin, (1955– ...). Paris: Les petits matins. ISBN 978-2-915879-72-8. OCLC 690169270.
  20. Belliard, David (2012). Notre santé est-elle à vendre? : et 25 autres questions que tout le monde se pose sur la santé. Paris: Textuel. ISBN 978-2-84597-439-5. OCLC 800527775.
  21. MAURER, PIERRE (2 November 2019). "Municipales: Anne Hidalgo gagne la bataille de Paris... dans les librairies". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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