Socialist Alain Anziani, mayor of Mérignac for more than a decade and president of the Bordeaux metropolis between 2020 and 2024, died of cancer on Saturday at the age of 74.
Fief of the left since the Second World War, the city of Mérignac lost one of its illustrious mayors, Alain Anziani, 74 years old, this Saturday. The former senator leaves behind his wife, Beatrice, and their two children. The socialist, who administered his commune for 11 years (2014-2025) and chaired Bordeaux Métropole between 2020 and 2024, suffered from cancer. A tribute was paid to him this Monday noon on the forecourt of the Town Hall, which he had to leave regretting. “I do what I have to do, I have the feeling of accomplished duty”entrusted the septuagenarian to Figaro The day after his resignation on March 27.
The local political class has united to praise the memory of a man devoted to his passion for politics. “I suffer because I lose more than a friend: I lose a brother. I have always been admiring its depth of thought, its great culture, its ability to remain stoic in all situations, political and personal ”, said Alain Rousset, the president of New Aquitaine since 1998, who had met the deceased during their university years in Châtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine). Pierre HURMIC, the ecological mayor of Bordeaux, shared “Sadness, respect and esteem” by greeting the memory of a man whose “Strong convictions would not alter its ability to dialogue”.
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Known to be attracted by Buddhism, Alain Anziani is also described by his peers as a politician whose temperament exhaled serenity. The antenna of the Gironde Socialist Party, which the politician led from 1993 to 2008, rented «son courage» and its “loyalty”. Two qualities also underlined by the prefect of the Gironde, Étienne Guyot, who paid tribute to “A man of great righteousness” Very attached to Bordeaux territory. From Toulouse, Mayor Jean-Luc Moudenc, also praised “His republican and constructive spirit”.
The Minister of Tourism and Senator Nathalie Delattre underlines “His relentless work for its territory, with efficiency, dignity and humility”; While the former mayor of Bordeaux, Alain Juppé entrusted our colleagues from South West “his very sincere esteem and his friendship despite their political differences” towards Alain Anziani. Several deputies from the Gironde and the Landes, such as Pascal Lavergne, Boris Vallaud and Thomas Cazenave, underlined “The courageous fight against the disease” of the politician. European deputy Pierre Jouvet abounds in their words by welcoming the memory of a “These elected officials as we do little in politics with a vision, a rigor, a righteousness, a depth of analysis and conviction”.
From Paris, the PS has also reacted through the voices of Olivier Faure or François Hollande. “His heritage is immense”thus underlines the first; While the second said: “It is a great elected official who disappears, but also an activist who fades to become an example for the following generations.”
