Paris City Hall: Christophe Girard, the farewell of the spawner of Parisian culture

At the beginning of the 2000s, all the journalists of his knowledge received, on March 8, Women's Day, a message wishing them a happy birthday. Long before the #MeToo movement, Christophe Girard knew how to play the feminist string. In the very direct style which is his trademark, occupying the field for more than thirty years, the politician was, almost as much as Jack Lang, always reachable and ready to comment on Parisian cultural life.

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Since the announcement of his resignation Thursday evening, “ his phone has not stopped ringing and vibrating. He received a hundred messages of support ”, explained this Friday morning his communication advisor to the town hall, Franck Chaumont. Aged 64, the former deputy and real political animal was first a man of luxury. He started his career at Yves Saint Laurent, the house where he met Pierre Bergé. He will work for twenty years with the businessman before falling out with him. Man of societal causes, activist

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