Maryse Joissains

Maryse Joissains-Masini
Maryse Joissains-Masini at the 2013 Tour de France
Mayor of Aix-en-Provence
In office
25 March 2001 – 24 September 2021
Preceded byJean-François Picheral
Succeeded bySophie Joissains
Member of the National Assembly
for Bouche-du-Rhône's 14th Constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 20 June 2012
Preceded byJean-Bernard Raimond
Succeeded byJean-David Ciot
Personal details
Born
Maryse Charton

(1942-08-15) 15 August 1942 (age 82)
Toulon, Var, France
Political partyThe Republicans
SpouseAlain Joissains (divorced)
ChildrenSophie Joissains
ResidenceAix-en-Provence
EducationUniversity of the South, Toulon-Var
Aix-Marseille University
OccupationLawyer
Politician

Maryse Joissains-Masini (French pronunciation: [maʁiz ʒwasɛ̃ mazini]; born 15 August 1942), also known as Maryse Charton, was the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 2001 to 2021.[1] She was also a member of the National Assembly of France. in which she represented the Bouches-du-Rhône department, and is a member of The Republicans party.[2]

Biography

Early life

Maryse Charton was born 15 August 1942 in Toulon, France.[3] Her parents were both Communists, and her father was Maurice Thorez's bodyguard. She worked for the Social Security in France and volunteered as a young communist. She then received a BA degree from the University of the South, Toulon-Var followed by a master's degree and a PhD from Aix-Marseille University.[4]

Career

She subsequently taught criminology and private law at Aix-Marseille University. In 1968, she married Alain Joissains. In 1970, she started her career as a lawyer.[3] She worked in the cases of the Infected blood scandal and the use of asbestos.[3][4] It was also then that she became a follower of Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and joined the Radical Party.[4]

From 1983 to 1989, she was a member of the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.[3] She has been the Mayor of Aix-en-Provence since 2001.[3][4] She signed a law criminalizing drunkenness in public, a move aimed at the area's homeless people.[5] In 2009, her re-election was invalidated by a former councilor, Stéphane Salord, under the assumption that allegations spread about her opponent François-Xavier de Peretti were too personal and violent.[6] Nevertheless, she was re–elected.[7] In June 2011, she voted against same-sex marriage.[8] She has been accused of not attending the sessions in the National Assembly of France.[9] However, she responded by saying she was in attendance once a month.[10] She is among the French politicians who hold the most elected positions at different levels of government.[11] She is a recipient of the Legion of Honour.[3][12]

Shortly after François Hollande was elected president in 2012, she suggested that he might be "illegitimate", arguing that the entire French media and labor unions supported him and unfairly criticized Nicolas Sarkozy's tenure, and she asked the Constitutional Council of France to annul the election results; however, she was rebuffed.[13]

Personal life

Her former husband, Alain Joissains, was the mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1978 to 1983. Now divorced, their daughter Sophie Joissains was a member of the French Senate and mayor of Aix-en-Provence since 2021.[3]

References

  1. ^ Annuaire des Mairies des Bouches du Rhône (13) (in French). Les Editions Céline. p. 17. ISBN 9782352581123.
    - Ney Bensadon (2001). La condition féminine à l'aube du IIIe millénaire (in French). Séguier. p. 142. ISBN 9782840491705.
  2. ^ "Mme Maryse Joissains-Masini" (in French). Assemblée nationale. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Maryse Joissains-Masini" (in French). Maryse Joissains-Masini. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d Christine Rigollet (3 March 2001). "Aix-en-provence : La surprise Joissains". Le Point (in French). Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ Stéphane Rullac (2008). Le péril SDF: assister et punir (in French). L'Harmattan. p. 189. ISBN 9782296057579.
  6. ^ "Il faudra revoter à Aix". Metro France (in French). 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
    - "Maryse Joissains persiste et signe". La Marseillaise (in French). 9 June 2009. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  7. ^ Jean-Claude Bouildé (19 July 2009). "A Aix, le "tout sauf Joissains" n'a pas suffi pour battre l'UMP'". Marianne (in French). Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Le mariage des homos rejeté: qu'a voté votre député?". Têtu (in French). 14 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  9. ^ "Ils brillent par leur absence". Le Parisien (in French). 29 April 2009.
    - "Les fantômes du Palais-Bourbon". L'Express (in French). 29 April 2009.
  10. ^ "" Je viens une fois par mois "". Le Parisien (in French). 29 April 2009.
  11. ^ "Les députés cumulards passés au crible". L'Express (in French). 7 October 2009.
  12. ^ "Des députés très cumulards". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). 7 October 2009.
  13. ^ "Pour la maire UMP d'Aix-en-Provence, M. Hollande n'est pas "légitime"". Le Monde (in French). 8 May 2012.
    - "Un élu conteste la "légitimité" d'Hollande". Le Figaro (in French). 9 May 2012.
    - "La maire UMP d'Aix demande au Conseil constitutionnel d'annuler la présidentielle". Le Parisien (in French). 9 May 2012.
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Preceded by Mayor of Aix-en-Provence
2001–2021 		Succeeded by