David Belliard

David Belliard (born May 29, 1978) is a French politician. From 2014 to 2020, he was the leader of the Green Party faction at the Council of Paris[1]. He ran for mayor of Paris in the 2020 municipal election[2] as the ecologist candidate. As of July 2020, he serves as a member of the executive team to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, in charge of the transformation of public spaces, as well as transportation, mobility, rules and regulations on city streets, and the management of roads.

David Belliard
Born (1978-05-29) 29 May 1978
La Teste-de-Buch, France
NationalityFrench
EducationEDHEC Business School
OccupationPolitician
Known forEurope Ecology - The Greens nominee for Mayor of Paris in the 2020 French municipal elections.

Early life

Belliard was born on May 29, 1978 in La Teste-de-Buch[3] and was raised in Augicourt, near Vesoul, in rural France, in a working class family. His father was a bricklayer and his mother a cleaning woman. To this day, Belliard refers to himself as a "son of proletarians"[4].

After studying in Nancy, he attended EdHEC, a business School in Lille, borrowing money and working to finance his studies.

After a first experience as a consultant, which he describes as "inconclusive", he moved to Paris in 2000 to work as a journalist for Alternatives Économiques[5], a post he has continued part-time since being elected to the City Council during the 2014 municipal election[6].

Activism

David Belliard, who is openly gay, became Deputy Chief Executive of Sidaction in 2008[7].

Politics

David Belliard joined the Green Party in 2002 and has been an active member since. He played a role in the 2009 campaign for the European Parliament and in the transformation of the "Greens" to "Europe Ecology-The Greens"[8]. He was elected to the Council of Paris as a Councillor for the 11th arrondissement of Paris in the 2014 election[9]. He has served as a metropolitan advisor for the Metropole du Grand Paris since its creation in December 2015.

In March 2019, Belliard put forward his candidacy for mayor as the Green Party candidate in the 2020 municipal elections[10]. He won the nomination on June 1, 2019[11] with 49.61% of the party vote[12], placing ahead of the other candidate, Julien Bayou[13].

On February 11, 2020, Belliard said that while he condemned violence against individuals and property, it was important to understand the root causes behind the invasion of BlackRock's headquarters by ecological activists in Paris[14].

After the first round of the Paris municipal election, Belliard and Europe Ecology-The Greens negotiated a common political program and hybrid electoral list with Paris En Commun, resulting in an alliance for the second round of the election[15]. At the city level, this coalition won the election with 48.70% of all votes[16].

As of July 3, 2020, Belliard serves as a member of the executive team to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, responsible for the transformation of public spaces, as well as transportation, mobility, rules and regulations on city streets, and the management of roads[17].

Books
  • Nous ne sommes pas coupables d’être malades, avec Alix Béranger, éditions Petits matins, 2010[18]
  • Notre santé est-elle à vendre ?, éditions Textuel, 2012[19]
  • Paris, rêve de gosse, 2020[20]

Notes
  1. O'Sullivan, Feargus. "Paris's War on Cars Will Be Waged in Its Suburbs". CityLab. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  2. "The fight to become Paris's next mayor has begun". France 24. 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  3. "Tout savoir sur David Belliard, candidat EELV à la mairie de Paris". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  4. "David Belliard, "prolo, fils de prolo", un écolo à la conquête de la mairie de Paris". Nouvel Obs.
  5. Match, Paris. "David Belliard : le Paris d'un écolo pragmatique". parismatch.com (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  6. lefigaro.fr. "Paris 11eme Secteur 75011 - Résultats des municipales 2014 de la ville". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  7. BFMTV. "Sidaction : où en est-on ?". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  8. "David Belliard, nu comme un vert". Libération.fr (in French). 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  9. "Tout savoir sur David Belliard, candidat EELV à la mairie de Paris". www.cnews.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  10. JDD, Le. "David Belliard : "La perspective d'avoir un écologiste maire de Paris n'est plus un rêve"". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  11. "Municipales à Paris : David Belliard conduira la liste EELV". LExpress.fr (in French). 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  12. "Municipales : David Belliard tête de liste des écologistes à Paris". Les Echos (in French). 2019-06-01. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
  13. à 19h04, Par Propos recueillis par Christine HenryLe 2 juin 2019; À 07h04, Modifié Le 3 Juin 2019 (2019-06-02). "Municipales à Paris : David Belliard, candidat écologiste, rêve d'une capitale verte". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  14. https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/intrusion-chez-blackrock-david-belliard-condamne-les-violences-mais-appelle-a-comprendre-20200211
  15. à 06h11, Par Charlotte RobinetLe 2 juin 2020; À 07h43, Modifié Le 2 Juin 2020 (2020-06-02). "Accord Hidalgo-Belliard : «Il y aura au minimum une mairie écologiste à Paris durant la prochaine mandature»". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  16. "Résultats municipales 2020 à Paris". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  17. "David BELLIARD". www.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  18. Béranger, Alix, (2010). Nous ne sommes pas coupables d'être malades!. Belliard, David,, Winckler, Martin, (1955- ...).,. Paris: Les petits matins. ISBN 978-2-915879-72-8. OCLC 690169270.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. Belliard, David. (2012). Notre santé est-elle à vendre? : et 25 autres questions que tout le monde se pose sur la santé. Paris: Textuel. ISBN 978-2-84597-439-5. OCLC 800527775.
  20. MAURER, PIERRE (2019-11-29). "Municipales: Anne Hidalgo gagne la bataille de Paris... dans les librairies". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-05.
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