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Bertrand Delanoë

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Profession:	Elected Official
Born:	30/May/1950
Address:	Hôtel de Ville Paris, France 75196

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.

Trivia

Survived an assassination attempt
The only openly gay major French politician

News and Updates

BiXi Launched
Posted by Gromco in Montreal » Transportation on 20/May/2009

The moment has finally come! After many months in the making, the much-talked-about Montreal public bike rental system, Bixi, has launched. Over the past few weeks the city has installed a number of automated bike rental stations and launched a web site allowing users to see availabilities in real time (both the number of available bikes and available docking slots).

Although the system is geared mainly towards residents of the city, tourists can take advantage of it as well, with monthly and even daily tariffs available.

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104: New Modern Art Center
Posted by Gromco in Paris » Attractions on 10/Nov/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)...

Co-directed by 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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