Maryse Joissains-Masini | |
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 Maryse Joissains-Masini at the2013 Tour de France | |
| Mayor of Aix-en-Provence | |
| In office 25 March 2001 – 24 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-François Picheral |
| Succeeded by | Sophie Joissains |
| Member of theNational Assembly forBouche-du-Rhône's 14th Constituency | |
| In office 19 June 2002 – 20 June 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Bernard Raimond |
| Succeeded by | Jean-David Ciot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maryse Charton (1942-08-15)15 August 1942 (age 83) Toulon, France |
| Political party | The Republicans |
| Spouse | Alain Joissains(divorced) |
| Children | Sophie Joissains |
| Residence | Aix-en-Provence |
| Education | University of the South, Toulon-Var Aix-Marseille University |
| Occupation | Lawyer Politician |
Maryse Joissains-Masini (French pronunciation:[maʁizʒwasɛ̃mazini]; born 15 August 1942), also known as Maryse Charton, was themayor ofAix-en-Provence from 2001 to 2021.[1] She was also a member of theNational Assembly of France. in which she represented theBouches-du-Rhône department, and is a member ofThe Republicans party.[2]
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Maryse Charton was born 15 August 1942 inToulon, France.[3] Her parents were bothCommunists, and her father wasMaurice Thorez's bodyguard. She worked for theSocial Security in France and volunteered as a young communist. She then received a BA degree from theUniversity of the South, Toulon-Var followed by a master's degree and a PhD fromAix-Marseille University.[4]
She subsequently taughtcriminology andprivate law at Aix-Marseille University. In 1968, she married Alain Joissains. In 1970, she started her career as alawyer.[3] She worked in the cases of theInfected blood scandal and the use ofasbestos.[3][4] It was also then that she became a follower ofJean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and joined theRadical Party.[4]
From 1983 to 1989, she was a member of theregional council ofProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.[3] She has been theMayor of Aix-en-Provence since 2001.[3][4] She signed a law criminalizing drunkenness in public, a move aimed at the area'shomeless people.[5] In 2009, her re-election was invalidated by a former councilor, Stéphane Salord, under the assumption that allegations spread about her opponentFrançois-Xavier de Peretti were too personal and violent.[6] Nevertheless, she was re–elected.[7] In June 2011, she voted againstsame-sex marriage.[8] She has been accused of not attending the sessions in theNational Assembly of France.[9] However, she responded by saying she was in attendance once a month.[10] She is among the French politicians whohold the most elected positions at different levels of government.[11] She is a recipient of theLegion of Honour.[3][12]
Shortly afterFrançois Hollande was elected president in 2012, she suggested that he might be "illegitimate", arguing that the entire French media and labor unions supported him and unfairly criticizedNicolas Sarkozy's tenure, and she asked theConstitutional Council of France to annul the election results; however, she was rebuffed.[13]
Her former husband,Alain Joissains, was themayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1978 to 1983. Now divorced, their daughterSophie Joissains was a member of theFrench Senate and mayor of Aix-en-Provence since 2021.[3]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of Aix-en-Provence 2001–2021 | Succeeded by |
