Roland Ries (born 11 January 1945) is a French politician from

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

holding several posts on local, regional and national level since 1997. A member of the

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and

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label= Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label= Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the ...

between 2008 and 2020 Ries also serves as the first President of the

Strasbourg-Ortenau The Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau is a Franco-German eurodistrict, a cross-border administrative entity (''European Grouping for Territorial Cooperation'') sharing common institutions, established on 17 October 2005 and definitely functional sin ...

Eurodistrict's Council since 2010. Ries had already been the mayor of Strasbourg (and the President of the

Urban Community of Strasbourg Urban means "related to a city". In that sense, the term may refer to: * Urban area, geographical area distinct from rural areas * Urban culture, the culture of towns and cities Urban may also refer to: General * Urban (name), a list of people ...

) between June 1997 and January 2000, filling in for Catherine Trautmann (whose deputy he had been since 1989) after she had become Minister of Culture and Communication in the government of

Lionel Jospin Lionel Robert Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was First Secretary of the Socialist Party from 1995 to 1997 and the party's candidate for President of France in ...

. Ries has furthermore been a Member of the

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for the

Bas-Rhin Bas-Rhin (; Alsatian: ''Unterelsàss'', ' or '; traditional german: links=no, Niederrhein; en, Lower Rhine) is a department in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine', referring to its lo ...

department between September and November 2004 and is again a Member since February 2005. Since 24 September 2008, Roland Ries is the president of the '' Association TGV Est-Européen''. and was elected a member of the

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of the

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for a period of five years starting on 8 March 2013. Additionally, he served as the chairman of the Groupement des autorités responsables de transport (GART) from September 2008 until September 2014 and was elected president of the network of French cities ''Cités unies France'' in July 2014, for a duration of two years.''Roland Ries, nouveau président de Cités Unies France''
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''Roland Ries, sénateur-maire de Strasbourg, élu président de Cités Unies France''
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Political career

Member of the French Economic and Social Council : 2001-2003. Electoral mandates ''Senate of France'' Senator of

: Since 2004. Elected in 2004. ''Regional council'' Regional councillor of

: 1996-2004 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998, 2004. ''Urban Community council'' President of the

: 1997-2001. 1st vice-président of the

: Since 2008. Vice-président of the

: 1989-1997. Reelected in 1995. Member of the

: Since 1989. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008. ''Municipal council''

Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

: 1997-2000 / Since 2008. Reelected in 2008, 2014. 1st deputy-mayor of

: 1989-1997. Reelected in 1995. Municipal councillor of

: Since 1983. Reelected in 1989, 1995, 2001, 2008. ''Eurodistrict council'' President of the Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict : since 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ries, Roland 1945 births Living people People from Bas-Rhin Politicians from Grand Est Unified Socialist Party (France) politicians Socialist Party (France) politicians French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Bas-Rhin Mayors of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg alumni French people of German descent