2023-11-26 08:52:13
The President of the Republic and his wife Brigitte saluted in a press release on Saturday the memory of Gérard Collomb, “a dear friend”, “a mayor who dedicated his exceptional talents of dialogue and imagination to building a city in his image”, a “statesman who embodied republican ascension and authority.”
The former mayor of Lyon, who died on Saturday at the age of 76, was an “early supporter” and an “architect of the victory” won in 2017 by Emmanuel Macron. His “republican commitment and his experience in security issues” earned him “the appointment of Minister of the Interior and Minister of State in the government of Édouard Philippe,” the Élysée paid tribute to him.
“Place Beauvau, for sixteen months, he implemented a policy of proximity for the police, firmness in the face of illegal immigration, legislative and operational rearmament in the face of the terrorist threat, and defense of republican and secular values,” continues the text.
“Gradually withdrawing from national life, but still a municipal and metropolitan councilor, free to speak his mind, Gérard Collomb returned to Lyon, where even when accomplished, all his paths of combat and progress brought him back,” writes the ‘Elysium.
Gérard Collomb distanced himself from the head of state after his resignation from Beauvau in 2018.
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