Laurent Degallaix
Member of Parliament
In office
June 30, 2014 – June 20, 2017
Preceded byJean-Louis Borloo
Succeeded byBéatrice Descamps
Personal details
Born (1965-09-11) September 11, 1965
Valenciennes, France
Political partyRadical Movement (2017–2021)
Horizons (since 2021)
OccupationPolitician

Laurent Degallaix (born September 11, 1965, in Valenciennes, Nord, France) is a French politician. A member of the Radical Party, then the Radical Movement and finally the Horizons movement, he has been mayor of Valenciennes since 2012 and a member of parliament from 2014 to 2017.

Political career

Mayor of Valenciennes

On June 28, 2012, he was elected mayor of Valenciennes by the municipal council, following the resignation of Dominique Riquet.[1]

In the 2014 municipal elections, Laurent Degallaix was re-elected in the second round with 50.32% of votes cast, and a turnout of 53.40%.[2] Vice-president of the Valenciennes Métropole agglomeration community in charge of finance since 2008, he was elected president in 2016.[3]

On November 8, 2018, he was taken into police custody in connection with the sale of the municipal office Val' Hainaut Habitat.[4] In 2019, he accepts the Lille public prosecutor's proposal to proceed with a plea bargaining procedure (CRPC) in the V2H case. He is fined 25,000 euros.[5]

In June 2019, La République en marche announced its support for Laurent Degallaix for the 2020 municipal elections in Valenciennes.[6][7][8] He specifies that he does not join the party, intending to keep his "autonomy".[9] He is also the first mayor in the Nord department to be backed by LREM for these elections.[10] The list he led won in the first round with 51% of the vote.[11] He was re-elected mayor when the municipal council was installed on May 26, 2020.[12]

Member of Parliament

Following the resignation of Jean-Louis Borloo, he was elected deputy in the 21st constituency of Nord in the legislative by-election held on June 22 and 29, 2014. After receiving 47% of the vote in the first round, he was elected with 72.14% of the vote in the second round and resigned from the regional council.[13]

On September 6, 2014, he announced his support for Hervé Morin in the election for UDI president.[14]

In December 2014, he mobilized alongside teachers at the Jean-Moulin secondary school in Wallers to safeguard the resources the school had thanks to the priority education scheme.[15]

A supporter of Alain Juppé in the 2016 open Right and Center primary, he rallied to Emmanuel Macron's candidacy for the 2017 presidential election,[16] but did not provide his sponsorship.[17] Affected by the law on the accumulation of mandates, he does not seek re-election in the following legislative elections but becomes the deputy substitute for Béatrice Descamps.[18]

Laurent Degallaix ran in the 2021 departmental elections in the canton of Valenciennes as a pair with senator Valérie Létard, against outgoing The Republicans (LR) councillors Yves Dusart and Geneviève Mannarino, whom he described as "interims ".[19] The pair came out on top in the first round with almost 37% of the vote,[20] then won the second round with 52.2%.[21]

The same year, after the de facto demise of the MR, he joined the Horizons movement created by former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. He became its referent for the Hauts-de-France region.[22]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Laurent Degallaix, nouveau maire de Valenciennes – France 3 Hauts-de-France". france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022 à Valenciennes 59300". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Sans surprise, Laurent Degallaix devient le nouveau président de Valenciennes Métropole | L'Observateur". lobservateur.fr. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  4. ↑ Chédozeau, Sébastien (2018-12-28). "Cette vente de V2H qui a valu à Laurent Degallaix une garde à vue". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. ↑ "L'affaire V2H pour les nuls… ! – Va-Infos.fr". va-infos.fr. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. ↑ "Municipales 2020 : LREM dévoile ses premiers candidats". leparisien.fr (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  7. ↑ "Municipales 2020 à Valenciennes : Laurent Degallaix se représentera avec le soutien de La République en Marche". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Municipales : qui sont les 19 premiers candidats LREM ?". Le Point (in French). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  9. ↑ Favre, Hervé (2019-06-17). "LREM investit Laurent Degallaix à Valenciennes". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  10. ↑ Bertin, Véronique (2019-06-17). "Laurent Degallaix, premier maire du Nord soutenu par En marche aux municipales". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  11. ↑ "Municipales Valenciennes : Laurent Degallaix, le maire UDI réélu à 51% – France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2020-03-15. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  12. ↑ "Valenciennes. Réélu, Laurent Degallaix s'entoure d'une équipe largement renouvelée | L'Observateur". lobservateur.fr. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  13. ↑ "Valenciennes: l'UDI Degallaix récupère le siège de député de Borloo". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  14. ↑ ""Bébé Borloo" soutient Morin dans sa course à la tête de l'UDI". Le Point (in French). 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  15. ↑ "Éducation prioritaire : manifestation ce samedi à Wallers en soutien au collège Jean-Moulin". La Voix du Nord (in French). 2023-10-25. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  16. ↑ TRIPIANA, VINCENT (2017-01-13). "Laurent Degallaix en marche avec Emmanuel Macron ?". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  17. ↑ CHÉDOZEAU, SÉBASTIEN (2017-03-18). "Présidentielle : nos élus plutôt frileux à parrainer". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  18. ↑ "Les députés sortants du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais se représentent-ils ?". La Voix du Nord (in French). 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  19. ↑ Bertin, Véronique (2021-04-16). "Valérie Létard et Laurent Degallaix à l'assaut du canton de Valenciennes – Saint-Saulve". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  20. ↑ "Elections départementales 2021 : Nord (59) – canton de Valenciennes (5939)". elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  21. ↑ "Départementales 2021 dans le Nord : découvrez les résultats définitifs du second tour". France 3 Hauts-de-France (in French). 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  22. ↑ "L'organisation". Horizons Le parti (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  23. ↑ "Bulletin officiel des décorations, médailles et récompenses – Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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