Laurent Marcangeli (born 10 December 1980) is a French politician. He was mayor of

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

, the capital of

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, in 2014 and since 2015 to present. He was a

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in the

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from 2012 to 2017 and again from 2022, representing Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency. He was a member of the nationwide right-wing parties

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and The Republicans before starting his own party "Ajaccio !" in 2018. In 2022, he stood for the party Horizons, part of President

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coalition.

Biography

Marcangeli was born in

, Corsica. He is a distant cousin of Marc Marcangeli, who was mayor from 1994 to 2000. His mother was a

Corsican nationalist Corsican nationalism is a nationalist movement in Corsica that advocates more autonomy for the island, if not outright independence from France. Political support The main separatist party, Corsica Libera, achieved 9.85% of votes in the ...

trade unionist for postal workers, and his father worked for the nationalist Edmond Simeoni. In contrast to his parents and his classmates at

University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli The University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli ( Corsican: ''Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli''; french: Université de Corse Pascal Paoli) is a French university, based in Corte, Haute-Corse, with secondary campuses in Ajaccio, Biguglia and Ca ...

, he joined the French right-wing party

at 17. He studied Public Law and History and wrote a master's degree thesis on

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's relations with Corsica. Marcangeli was voted onto Ajaccio's city council in 2007 and the departmental council of

Corse-du-Sud Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...

in 2011. In June 2012, he became Corsica's youngest member of the

, winning an election against Ajaccio's

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mayor

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to represent Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency. In March 2014, he was elected mayor of Ajaccio, beating Renucci by 47% to 46%. The 2014 election was annulled by a court in October of that year due to irregularities, and Marcangeli resigned. The election was run again in February 2015, and he won by 59.25% to 40.75%. Marcangeli endorsed former Prime Minister

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in the

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to represent The Republicans in the

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. In the election itself, he backed

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, but publicly withdrew support in March 2017. In February 2018, Marcangeli quit The Republicans due to disagreements with party president

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. In September, he set up a new party, "Ajaccio !". Marcangeli took part in the 2021 regional elections as a candidate for president of the Corsican Executive Council. His nomination, ''Un soffiu novu'', was endorsed by the Republicans, the

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and the

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. He received 24.86% of the vote in the first round, behind incumbent

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of Femu a Corsica (29.19%). In the run-off, he came second of four candidates behind Simeoni (40.64% to 32.02%). Marcangeli stood again in Corse-du-Sud's 1st constituency in the

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as a member of Horizons, within President

coalition. He came first in the first round with 33.7% of the vote, to face Romain Colonna of Femu a Corsica (17.48%) in the second round. He won the run-off with 51.8% of the votes.

References

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