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Former Paris Mayor Jean Tiberi Dies at 90, City Honors Complex Legacy

Paris lowers its flags to honor a former mayor who pioneered the city's first bike plan alongside a tramway project despite legal convictions for false voter registrations.

Overview

  • Jean Tiberi died on May 27 at age 90, and Paris lowered flags at municipal sites and opened condolence registers to mark his passing.
  • He served as mayor of Paris from 1995 to 2001, succeeding Jacques Chirac and remaining the city's final right-leaning leader until his defeat by Bertrand Delanoë.
  • Tiberi also held the 5th arrondissement mayoralty until 2014 while serving 44 uninterrupted years in the National Assembly as a deputy.
  • His tenure introduced Paris’s first municipal bike plan and launched an early tramway project that laid groundwork for later network expansion.
  • Tiberi’s career was marred by judicial issues, including a 2013 conviction for organizing false voter registrations that led to a suspended sentence, a fine and temporary ineligibility.