Anne Hidalgo
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Anne Hidalgo is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
) is a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
politician of Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
descent, member of the French Socialist Party since 1994. Former national secretary for culture and media, after having been responsible for providing training, she is currently the first deputy mayor of Paris, under Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is member of the Socialist Party . Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a French-Tunisian father and a French mother...
(since March 2001). She was elected in 2001 for the XVe arrondissement
XVe arrondissement
The 15th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.Situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement...
and ran in the French municipal elections, 2008
French municipal elections, 2008
The French municipal elections of 2008 were held on 9 March in that year to elect the municipal councils of France's 36,782 communes...
.
Personal life and career
Her parental grandfather was a Spanish Socialist which became a refugee in France after the end of the Spanish Civil WarSpanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
along with his wife and his four children (one of them Hidalgo's father). However, her grandparents returned to Spain some time later. Her grandmother died in the return trip and his grandfather was sentenced to death penalty, although the sentence was eventually commuted for a life sentence. Thus, Hidalgo's father was raised by his maternal grandparents. In the late 1950s he got married and had two daughters, Ana (Anne) and María (Marie). However, due to the difficult economic landscape of Spain in these years, Hidalgo's parents migrated, this time as economic immigrants, to France. They settled in Lyon in 1961, with their two daughters.
She grew up in Vaise
Vaise
Vaise is a quarter of the City of Lyon , located along the Saône at the foot of the plateau Duchère, north-west of the city. Former commune of the Rhône department, Vaise was linked to Lyon on 24 March 1852, to form part of the 5th arrondissement. Vaise was then attached to the 9th arrondissement...
, a quarter of Lyon, and spoke in Spanish language with her parents and in French language with her sister. Her parents are now back in Spain while her older sister, Marie, manages a company in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Hidalgo has a Degree in Social Work and a DEA of social and trade union. She is divorced and remarried, and the mother of three children.
In 1982, she was admitted to the national fifth contest of the Inspection du travail
Inspection du travail
The Inspection du travail is a French specialized body of civil servants, charged of the surveillance of employment and labour law in firms, created in 1892 during the Third Republic.- History :...
. In 1984, she won her first post in the Inspection du travail and moved in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Professional career
- 1984-1993: Inspection du travail
- 1993-1995: Delegation to the professional training, Department of Labor.
- 1995-1996: Mission to the International Labor Office in Geneva.
- 1996-1997: Officer with the Human Resources Director of the Compagnie Générale des EauxCompagnie Générale des EauxCompagnie Générale des Eaux was a French multinational company which gave birth to three world's leaders in their respective fields: VINCI, Veolia Environnement and Vivendi....
(then VivendiVivendiVivendi SA is a French international media conglomerate with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications, the Internet, and video games. It is headquartered in Paris.- History :...
and Vivendi Universal)
Political career
Anne Hidalgo worked in three cabinets under the Jospin Government :- From 1997 to 1998 : as adviser to the cabinet of Martine AubryMartine AubryMartine Aubry is a French politician. She has been the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party since November 2008 and Mayor of Lille since March 2001...
, Minister of Employment and Solidarity, - From 1998 to 2000 : as technical adviser then consultant at the cabinet of Nicole PeryNicole PéryNicole Péry, b. 15 May 1943, in Bayonne , is a French socialist politician. Her background is as a professor of literature.- Appointments :*1973, 1978, 1981, 1988: Parliamentary candidate*1977 to 1983: Deputy Mayor of Ciboure...
, Secretary of State for Women's Rights and Vocational Training, - From November 2000 to May 2002 : as a technical adviser (and officer) at the cabinet of Marylise LebranchuMarylise LebranchuMarylise Lebranchu is a member of the National Assembly of France. She represents the Finistère department, and is a member of the Socialist Party and of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche parliamentary group.-References:...
, Minister of Justice (responsible for social relations and status of officials).
In March 2001, at the municipal elections, she led the list of the French Socialist Party in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, which won 26.5% of votes in the first round then was at the second round behind the list gathered around Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995.-Biography:Balladur was born in İzmir, Turkey, to an Armenian Catholic family with five children and long-standing ties to France...
and Mayor René Galy-Dejean. She joined the Conseil de Paris and became the first deputy mayor of Paris.
In June 2002, she was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, gathering 29.6% of votes in the first round while Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995.-Biography:Balladur was born in İzmir, Turkey, to an Armenian Catholic family with five children and long-standing ties to France...
won 54.2% who was elected.
In March 2004, she was elected at the Conseil régional d'Île-de-France on the list of Jean-Paul Huchon
Jean-Paul Huchon
Jean-Paul Huchon is a civil administrator and French politician. Mayor of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine from 1994 to 2001, he is the President of the regional council for Île-de-France since 1998.- Biography :...
.
As part of the internal campaign for the nomination of the Socialist candidate in 2006, she expressed a close connection with Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Dominique Gaston André Strauss-Kahn , often referred to in the media, and by himself, as DSK, is a French economist, lawyer, politician, and member of the French Socialist Party...
, while remaining close to Lionel Jospin
Lionel Jospin
Lionel Jospin is a French politician, who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995...
and Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë
Bertrand Delanoë is a French politician, and has been the mayor of Paris since 2001. He is member of the Socialist Party . Delanoë was born in Tunis, Tunisia to a French-Tunisian father and a French mother...
. With other female leaders of the Socialist Party, she criticized the "peoplelisation" of politics, which was a reference to the candidacy of Ségolène Royal
Ségolène Royal
Marie-Ségolène Royal , known as Ségolène Royal, is a French politician. She is the president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council, a former member of the National Assembly, a former government minister, and a prominent member of the French Socialist Party...
.
In June 2007, she was a candidate at the legislative elections in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and had in the first round 28.2%, against 36.6% for the UMP candidate Jean-François Lamour
Jean-François Lamour
Jean-François Lamour is a former French fencer and current French politician and cabinet minister. A top fencer, he was a gold medallist at the 1984 Olympics and 1988 Olympics and a bronze medal winner at the 1992 Olympics in the men's individual sabre. He was also world champion in 1987...
, and was beaten on the second round with 56.7% for Lamour.
DADVSI
On 21 December 2005, in the debates on DADVSIDADVSI
DADVSI is the abbreviation of the French Loi sur le Droit d’Auteur et les Droits Voisins dans la Société de l’Information...
, she took a public stand against the amendments of the Socialist Group introducing the "global license" for download. On 26 December, she signed with the Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for Culture, Christophe Girard, a view in the newspaper Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
in which she defended her position on behalf of cultural diversity which would be threatened by the "global license".
On 3 January 2006, she presented with François Adibi and culture section of the Socialist Party a report and new recommendations. "for a fair solution", rejecting both the DRM (Digital Rights Management) that the "global license". She was later disavowed by the leadership of the SP which chose to defend at the National Assembly the global license advocated by Patrick Bloche
Patrick Bloche
Patrick Bloche is a French politician from the Socialist Party.-References:...
(Paris), Didier Mathus
Didier Mathus
Didier Mathus is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche.-References:...
(Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern...
) and Christian Paul
Christian Paul
Christian Paul is a French Socialist politician.He was one of the founding members of the Nouveau Parti Socialiste...
(Nièvre
Nièvre
Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
).
Anti-cults fight
In 2005, Anne Hidalgo took a stand in the debate on cultCult
The word cult in current popular usage usually refers to a group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre. The word originally denoted a system of ritual practices...
s in France, becoming the president of a committee of vigilance against the cults at the Mairie de Paris. She was especially opposed to the Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology
The Church of Scientology is an organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. The Church of Scientology International is the Church of Scientology's parent organization, and is responsible for the overall ecclesiastical management, dissemination and...
and New Acropolis
New Acropolis
New Acropolis , New Acropolis (NA), New Acropolis (NA), (official name - Asociación Cultural Nueva Acrópolis. is a worldwide non-profit organisation founded in 1957 by Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi (died 1991)...
and participated in a demonstration in front of the Scientology's premises. At that time, a map of the cults in Paris, established by the Mairie de Paris and promoted by Anne Hidalgo, was controversial and Hidalgo had to submit a complaint against X for the diffusion on the Internet of a leaflet signed by a "committee to support Anne Hidalgo" which requested to denounce "non-compliant behaviors". Anne Hidalgo denies any link with the supposed support committee. However, her complaint was dismissed.
Awards
On 13 July 2010, Anne Hidalgo was awarded Commander of the Order of Isabel the CatholicOrder of Isabel the Catholic
The Order of Isabella the Catholic is a Spanish civil order granted in recognition of services that benefit the country. The Order is not exclusive to Spaniards, and many foreigners have been awarded it....
, i.e. the equivalent of the Legion of Honor in Spain. These badges were handed after a proposal from the Spanish Government and the decision of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I of Spain
Juan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
, the Spanish ambassador to France who then pointed out that "this award is a recognition of Spanish immigration in France through Anne Hidalgo, who represents for us an exemplary model of successful integration."