Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north,Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and largest city is Marseille;other important cities include Aix-en-Provence,Arles,Martigues and Aubagne.
Renaud Muselier is a French physician and politician who has served as President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur since 2017. A former member of The Republicans (LR),he previously was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 to 2019.
Marignane is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.
Jean-Claude Gaudin is a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.
Cornillon-Confoux is a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It belongs to the West Provence territory of the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence.
The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 and 16 March to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes. The first task of each newly constituted municipal council was to elect a mayor.
Henri Jibrayel is a French politician with Lebanese and Assyrian roots.
Michel Vauzelle is a French politician who served as Keeper of the Seals of France,Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy from 1992 to 1993. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),he also served as Mayor of Arles from 1995 to 1998 and President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 1998 until 2015.
Samia Ghali is a French politician who served as a Senator for Bouches-du-Rhône from 2008 to 2020. A member of the Socialist Party (PS),she also held the mayorship of the 8th sector of Marseille,which comprises the 15th and 16th arrondissements,from 2008 to 2017. Ghali,who has been a deputy to successive Marseille Mayors Michèle Rubirola and Benoît Payan since 2020,has also held a seat in the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône since 2021.
Guy Teissier is a French politician who has served as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of the Bouches-du-Rhône department since 1993,previously briefly holding the position in 1988. He has been a member of The Republicans (LR) since the party was established in 2015 as the successor to the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Teissier previously held the mayorship of the 5th sector of Marseille from 1983 to 1989 and again from 1995 until 2014.
Sylvie Andrieux was a member of the National Assembly of France. She represented the department of Bouches-du-Rhône,from 1997 to 2016 and sat initially as a member of Socialiste,radical,citoyen et divers gauche. She is implicated in the scandal of misappropriation of the Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur subventions
Jean-François Mattei is a French doctor and politician.
Robert Vigouroux was a French politician and writer. He was the Mayor of Marseille from 1986 to 1995,and a French Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhone from 1989 to 1998.
The Roquefavour Aqueduct is an aqueduct in Ventabren,near Aix-en-Provence,Bouches-du-Rhône,France. The aqueduct was first planned in 1565,but it was not realized until the 19th century. It was designed by Jean François Mayor de Montricher,built between 1841 and 1847,and is the largest stone aqueduct in the world. It was designated as a "monument historique" in 2002.
Benjamin-Blaise Griveaux is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as Government Spokesman from 2017 to 2019 under Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. From 2017 until 2021,he also served as a member of the National Assembly,representing the 5th constituency of Paris,which encompasses the 3rd and 10th arrondissements.
Saïd Ahamada is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2017 elections. He was born in Saint-Denis,Réunion,a French oversea departement in the Indian Ocean.
Cathy Racon-Bouzon is a French politician. Since 18 June 2017,she has served as the member of the National Assembly for the 5th district of Bouches-du-Rhône,which includes the 4th arrondissement of Marseille as well as parts of its 5th and 6th arrondissements.
Claire Pitollat is a French engineer and politician who has served as the member of the National Assembly for the 2nd constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône since 2017. A member of La République En Marche! (LREM),she succeeded Dominique Tian of The Republicans (LR) following the 2017 legislative election. Her constituency encompasses the 7th and 8th arrondissements of Marseille.
Benoît Payan is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Marseille since 2020. He is a member of the Socialist Party (PS).
Martine Vassal is a French politician. Vassal was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) then of The Republicans (LR) and former deputy mayor of Marseille. She is also president of the departmental council of Bouches-du-Rhône since 2015 as well as president of the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence since 2018.
