Radio and television presenter Stéphane Bern, candidate in the complementary partial municipal elections in the village of Thiron-Gardais (Eure-et-Loir), where he has owned the former royal and military college restored and transformed into a museum since 2013, was elected municipal councilor on Sunday.
Three candidates were in the running this Sunday for three seats to be filled, in order to complete the municipal council in this Perche commune of a thousand inhabitants, following the resignation of mayor Victor Provôt at the start of the year.
Stéphane Bern, 60, obtained 97.3% of the votes cast, with participation amounting to 45.3%.
The election of the mayor must take place this week during a municipal council.
The former first deputy and interim mayor, François Dordoigne, candidate for the mayor's chair, is expected to be elected.
In a video published on the website of the newspaper
L'Écho Républicain
, Stéphane Bern declared that he wanted
to "continue to defend the heritage of the commune"
and put his
"notoriety"
and his
"know-how, perhaps, at the service of community”
.
Stéphane Bern had been a municipal councilor in the 9th arrondissement of Paris from 1999 to 2001. Long considered the “Mr. Heritage” of public service thanks to his programs such as “Secrets d'Histoire”, the host who currently works on Europe 1 has been entrusted by the Élysée since 2017 with a mission for heritage.
It is for this reason that it organizes an annual Heritage Lottery to finance the maintenance of monuments in danger.