Isabelle Balkany (born Isabelle Smadja; September 20, 1947, in

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) is a French politician.

Career

In 1968, she was a journalist for the newspaper ''

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.'' She was a member of the

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, and then of Les Republicans. From 1998 to 2011, she was general councilor and vice-president of the Hauts-de-Seine general council. From 2001 to 2020, she was first deputy to the mayor of Levallois-Perret, with her husband

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as mayor. In 2013, Balkany and her husband were prosecuted in court for several charges including false statements, tax fraud, and corruption. After her husband's imprisonment, she was given the post of interim mayor. In 2020, she was sentenced on appeal to three years in prison and was dismissed from her post. The couple were named in the

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References

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