Born in Tunisia (a French colony at the time) in 1950,
Delanoë was first elected to the Paris City Council in 1977
(Jacques Chirac became mayor that year).
He was a Senator, from the Socialist Party (PS) of Paris in 1995 - 2001.
Delanoë was elected the mayor of Paris in March 2001 and re-elected in March 2008.

After more than two years of reconstruction, a former funeral parlor in the 19th arrondissement of Paris reopened in its new incarnation as the city's newest modern arts center christened "104" (Centquatre)...
A creation of architects Robert Cantarella and Frédéric Fisbach, the center, at 104 rue d'Aubervilliers was green-lighted by Paris mayor
Bertrand Delanoë
in 2005. More than two years and 100M euros later, Centquatre opened to the public in October.
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