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Mayor of Paris
Flag of the Mayor of Paris.svg
Flag of the Mayor of Paris
Anne Hidalgo, février 2014 (3x4 cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Anne Hidalgo

since 5 April 2014
Residence Hôtel de Ville
Appointer Elected by the Council of Paris
Term length 6 years, renewable indefinitely
Inaugural holder Jean Sylvain Bailly
Formation 15 July 1789
20 March 1977
Salary 8,650 (monthly)

The Mayor of Paris (called Maire de Paris in French) is the main leader of Paris, which is the capital and largest city in France.

The mayor is in charge of running the city. They suggest ideas to the Council of Paris, make sure city rules are followed, and present the city's yearly budget. The mayor also chooses people for different city jobs and boards. During meetings of the Council of Paris, the mayor leads the discussion, just like in other towns in France. Since Paris is also a "department" (a region), the mayor acts like a leader for that department too.

Since April 5, 2014, Anne Hidalgo from the Socialist Party has been the Mayor of Paris.

History of the Mayor's Office

When the French Revolution started on July 14, 1789, after the storming of the Bastille, the people of Paris rose up. They killed the city's old leader, Jacques de Flesselles. Because the old leadership was removed, the people created a new government called the "Commune of Paris."

The first person to be called "Mayor of Paris" was Jean Sylvain Bailly. The mayor's job was very important during the Revolution. During a time called the Reign of Terror (1793–1794), the mayor's office helped find and punish people who were thought to be against the revolution.

In July 1794, after a big change in power that removed and executed Robespierre, the mayor's office was ended. People thought it had become too powerful.

After another revolution in February 1848, a new French Republic began. The mayor's office was brought back. However, this didn't last long. After some unrest in June of the same year, the government decided not to have a strong mayor. Instead, they gave the mayor's powers to a "Prefect" who was chosen by the government.

In 1870, the Mayor of Paris office was started again. This happened after France lost a war against Prussia. The temporary government thought a strong leader in Paris would help prevent trouble during the Prussian siege. But after Paris was taken, more unrest led to a new "Paris Commune" with socialist ideas. To prevent future city-wide rebellions, the new national government decided to divide Paris into many smaller mayoral areas, one for each district.

So, for most of the time between 1794 and 1977, Paris was the only city in France without its own mayor. It had less freedom than even the smallest village. For many years, it was directly controlled by a government official called a prefect.

In 1975, the French Parliament passed a law to bring back an elected mayor for Paris, starting in 1977. This law was signed by President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing on December 31, 1975. In March 1977, after the first city-wide election, former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac became the Mayor of Paris. He held this job until 1995, when he was elected President of France.

List of Paris Mayors


NotesDied while in office

No. Mayor Term in office
Elections
Previous office Party Deputy
1 Jean-Laurent Mosnier - Portrait de Jean-Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793), savant et homme politique , maire de Paris de 1789 à 1791 (P991) - P991 - Musée Carnavalet (3x4 cropped).jpg Jean Sylvain Bailly
1736–1793
(Aged 57)
15 July 1789 18 November 1791 President of the
National Assembly

(1789)
Patriotic Office did not exist
1789
2 Jérôme Petion, député de Chartres (3x4 cropped).jpg Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve
1756–1794
(Aged 38)
18 November 1791 1 December 1792 Representative
to Estates General
for the Third Estate
(1789)
Girondin
1791
3 France politic personality icon.svg Henri Lefèvre d'Ormesson
1751–1808
(Aged 56)
21 November 1792 8 December 1792 Judge in the
6th arrondissement
(1790–1792)
Girondin
1792 (November)
4 Nicolas Chambon de Montaux (3x4 cropped).jpg Nicolas Chambon
1748–1826
(Aged 78)
8 December 1792 14 February 1793 Paris Financial Administrator
(1790–1791)
Girondin
1792 (December)
5 AduC 122 Pache (J.N., 1746-1823).JPG Jean-Nicolas Pache
1746–1823
(Aged 77)
14 February 1793 10 May 1794 Minister of War
(1792–1793)
Jacobin
1793
6 Jean-BaptisteFleuriot-Lescot.jpg Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot
1761–1794
(Aged 33)
10 May 1794 27 July 1794 Public Prosecutor of the
Revolutionary Tribunal
(1793–1794)
Jacobin
1794
Office abolished (1794–1848)
7 Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pages.jpg Louis Antoine Pagès
1803–1878
(Aged 75)
24 February 1848 9 March 1848 MP for Eure
(1846–1848)
Constitutionalist
Republican
Office did not exist
N/A
8 Marrast, Armand.jpg Armand Marrast
1801–1852
(Aged 50)
9 March 1848 19 July 1848 MP for Haute-Garonne
(1848–1849)
Constitutionalist
Republican
N/A
Office abolished (1848–1870)
9 Etienne Arago.jpeg Étienne Arago
1802–1892
(Aged 90)
4 September 1870 15 November 1870 MP for Pyrénées-Orientales
(1848–1851)
Radical Republican Office did not exist
N/A
10 Julesferry.jpg Jules Ferry
1832–1893
(Aged 60)
15 November 1870 18 March 1871 MP for Seine
(1869–1870)
Moderate Republican
N/A
Office abolished (1871–1977)
11 Jacques Chirac (1997) (cropped).jpg Jacques Chirac
1932–2019
(Aged 86)
20 March 1977 13 March 1983 Prime Minister of France
(1974–1976)
Rally for the Republic Christian de La Malène
1977
13 March 1983 19 March 1989 Jean Tiberi
1983
19 March 1989 16 May 1995
1989
12 Jean Tiberi 2007 06 06 (cropped).jpg Jean Tiberi
1935–2025
(Aged 90)
22 May 1995 25 March 2001 MP for Paris
(1976–2012)
Rally for the Republic Jacques Dominati
1995
13 Bertrand Delanoë in 2010.jpg Bertrand Delanoë
Born 1950
25 March 2001 16 March 2008 Senator for Paris
(1995–2001)
Socialist Party Anne Hidalgo
2001
16 March 2008 5 April 2014
2008
14 Anne Hidalgo, février 2014 (cropped).jpg Anne Hidalgo
Born 1959
5 April 2014 3 July 2020 Deputy Mayor of Paris
(2001–2014)
Socialist Party Bruno Julliard
2014
Emmanuel Grégoire
3 July 2020 Incumbent
Patrick Bloche
2020

See also

  • Administration of Paris
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