Georges Képénékian (born 9 August 1949) is a French politician of Armenian origin who served as

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from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of France's

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. Képénékian was born in 1949 in the

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to Kevork Képénékian. He is a doctor and surgeon in

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and prior to his election as mayor was the strategic director of Centre hospitalier Saint-Joseph Saint-Luc in Lyon since 2005. He was elected as Lyon municipal counselor from the

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and became a permanent member of the greater

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area Municipal Council. Since 2008, he headed the municipality's culture, great events and citizens' rights portfolios and in 2014, was appointed as principal deputy mayor to Lyon mayor

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. After nomination of mayor Gérard Collomb as French Interior Minister in the first Édouard Philippe government under president

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, Képénékian was elected by the Municipal Council as mayor of the city with absolute majority on 17 July 2017, with 49 votes, 13 more than the required absolute majority needed which is 36, representing a major win for the

. His main rival Stéphane Guilland from The Republicans (LR) received 12 votes, with 6 votes going to Denis Broliquier of the

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(UDI) and 3 for Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert of the Groupe de Réflexions et d'Actions Métropolitaines, a Lyon local political movement also known as GRAM.LyonMag: Georges Képénékian officiellement élu maire de Lyon
He is married and father of 3 children. He is engaged in the recognition of the Armenian Genocide and is a former member of administration of foundation Bullukian of Lyon.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kepenekian, Georges Mayors of Lyon 1949 births Living people French people of Armenian descent