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Overseas Network Paris, April 16 Marse Bertome, the mayor of Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle, a small town in Gironde, southwestern France, is 97 years old and is the oldest mayor in France. He decided that the municipal elections will take another step to seek re-election next year.
has more than a year left before the 2020 municipal elections, but France has entered the election season. Last month, several cabinet members, including the French Prime Minister's Office's Secretary of State and Government Spokesperson Benjamin Grivo, and Monir Mazubi, Secretary of State for Electronic Technology of the Ministry of Economics and Finance, resigned one after another and devoted themselves to the preparations for the Paris mayoral election in advance. This municipal election is also the first time since 2017 that the ruling Republic Forward Party has ushered in a national election test.
The election effect also fermented in the small town of St. The Ile River, about 40 kilometers away from the city of Bordeaux. In 1971, Bertome was elected as the mayor of this small town with a population of only more than 3,000 for the first time, and since then, the mayor's "high position" has never been lost. After being re-elected by unanimous votes in 2014, his term of office is about to expire. The candidate for the next mayor does not seem to be suspense, because Bertome, who is still strong in the old age, wants to prove that "it is still possible to live in."
According to Le Parisien, in the town of Saint-Serran on the Ile River, Bertome, with a tough personality, is known for his "right to do what he says", and his governance style can be described as "clean and neat". During his nearly half-century "rule", Bertome presided over nearly a hundred town councils and nearly a thousand weddings. The standard image of the French president hanging on the wall of his office has also been changed at least 6 times.
Of course, Bertomé not only has a long term, but also has outstanding political achievements. In terms of municipal construction, the town has built commercial areas, multimedia libraries, gymnasiums, French ballparks, water parks, etc. during its tenure. If the campaign is successful, he is also preparing to develop other projects in the coming years, including promoting tourism in a small town surrounded by numerous wine estates.
reported that as an octogenarian, Bertomé kept keeping pace with the times in politics. During the "Yellow Vest" movement that swept across the country, although he refused to register the demands and suggestions of local voters, he participated in the Gironde Provincial Games of the National Debate and met President Macron face-to-face. (Overseas Network - France - Long Jianwu)
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