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Mathieu Klein (born 20 January 1976) is a French politician serving as
Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, 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 responsibilitie ...
of Nancy since 2020. A member of the
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since 1992, he is also President of the Departmental Council of
Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, ...
. After the
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, he became the first
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Mayor of Nancy since the end of the
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.


Early life and education

Mathieu Klein was born into a family of teachers in
Phalsbourg Phalsbourg (; ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Phalsburch'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments of France, department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, with a population of about 5,000. It lies high on ...
,
Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...
. Alongside his two brothers, he was brought up in
Holving Holving () is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Localities of the commune: ''Ballering'', ''Bettring'', ''Diederfing'', ''Hinsing'', ''Hirbach'', ''Netzwinkel'', ''Schmalhof'', ''Weiherfeld''. See also ...
, before pursuing his secondary education at
Sarreguemines Sarreguemines (; German: ''Saargemünd'' ; Lorraine Franconian: ''Saargemìnn'') is a commune in the Moselle department of the Grand Est administrative region in north-eastern France. It is the seat of an arrondissement and a canton. As o ...
. He moved to
Nancy, France Nancy is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, annexed by France under King Louis X ...
in 1993 to study
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and
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. He then continued his university studies in
Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
.


Political career

Mathieu Klein is a member of the
Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
since 1992, and has his support in favour of a positive result in the French referendum on the Maastricht Treaty. He then became a student member of the
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in Nancy, and then in
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, he became a member of its national bureau in charge of health matters. In 1994, in Nancy, he founded an LGBT association, dedicated to the promotion of equality and fighting against
homophobia Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, Gay men, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred, or ant ...
. Mathieu Klein pursued his political career within the Socialist Party, ascending to become the Departmental President of the
Young Socialist Movement The Movement of the Young Socialists (, MJS) or simply ''Jeunes Socialistes'' is the youth organisation of the Socialist Party of France. MJS was founded in 1993 as a formally independent youth organisation. However, its statutes commit the MJS t ...
, Secretary of the Nancy branch of the Socialist Party, and then, in 2008, assuming the role of First Secretary of the Meurthe-et-Moselle branch of the party, alongside being a member of its national bureau. In 2000, he worked under Michel Dinet who was the then President of the Departmental Council of the Meurthe-et-Moselle and also the socialist, who would go on to become his political mentor. In the 2004 French departmental elections, Klein was elected as the Departmental Councillor of the Meurthe-et-Moselle in the Nancy North constituency, winning against
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Philippe Nachbar, a member of the
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, in the Second round with 60.7% of the vote. In the 2011 French cantonal elections, 2011 elections, Klein was re-elected with 61.66% of the vote in the Second round. Following the 2002 French presidential election, he joined the New Socialist Party. In 2009, he joined the team of Martine Aubry, the then First Secretary of the Socialist Party, accompanying her candidacy in the 2011 French Socialist Party presidential primary. In 2005, Klein contested a List of by-elections to the National Assembly (France), by-election in Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency, but was defeated by 399 votes by the incumbent Laurent Hénart. In the 2007 French legislative election, Klein stood as a candidate again and lost, obtaining 49.2% of the vote in the Second round. In the 2014 French municipal elections in Nancy, Klein's list was defeated by Laurent Hénart. Following the accidental death of his mentor Michel Dinet, he replaced him as President of the Departmental Assembly of Meurthe-et-Moselle in 2014, leaving his position as Departmental Vice-President for education and civic innovation on the Departmental Council. In the 2015 French departmental elections, Klein was elected in the Nancy 2 canton, receiving 56.7% of the vote, and returned as President of the Departmental Council. In 2016, Klein announced his support for Manuel Valls and became one of his spokespersons during the 2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary campaign. Following the proposal of Prime Minister of France, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in 2018, Mathieu Klein was made responsible for a project on the professional integration of beneficiaries of the French welfare benefit Revenu de solidarité active with Claire Pitollat. In October 2018, Klein refused a ministerial position in Second Philippe government. In the
2020 French municipal elections The 2020 French municipal elections were held from 15 March to 28 June to renew the municipal councils of the approximately 35,000 French communes. The first round took place on 15 March and the second round was postponed to 28 June due to the C ...
in Nancy, Klein headed the ''Nancy en grand'' list of the Socialist Party, which took its First place in the First round on 15 March 2020, with 37.9% of the vote. Following this result, Klein merged his list with that of Europe Ecology – The Greens. In the Second round, held on 28 June 2020, Klein prevailed with 54.5% of the vote. He was confirmed as
Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, 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 responsibilitie ...
on 15 July 2020 by 43 votes in the Municipal council (France), municipal council of Nancy, becoming the first left-wing politics, left-wing person to exercise this mandate since the end of the Second World War. He is seconded by twenty ''adjoints au maire''.


Personal life

Mathieu Klein is a gay man and is involved with associations which are engaged in the fight against
homophobia Homophobia encompasses a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or people who identify or are perceived as being lesbian, Gay men, gay or bisexual. It has been defined as contempt, prejudice, aversion, hatred, or ant ...
. He is married to a general practitioner and the couple have three children.


Honours

Knight, National Order of Merit (France), National Order of Merit (2017)


References


External links


Official website (French)
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