French municipal elections in Nancy, Klein's list was defeated by Laurent Hénart. Following the accidental death of his mentor Michel Dinet, he replaced him as President of the Departmental Assembly of Meurthe-et-Moselle in 2014, leaving his position as Departmental Vice-President for education and civic innovation on the Departmental Council. In the 2015 French departmental elections, Klein was elected in the Nancy 2 canton, receiving 56.7% of the vote, and returned as President of the Departmental Council. In 2016, Klein announced his support for Manuel Valls and became one of his spokespersons during the 2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary campaign. Following the proposal of French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in 2018, Mathieu Klein was made responsible for a project on the professional integration of beneficiaries of the French welfare benefit Revenu de solidarité active with Claire Pitollat. In October 2018, Klein refused a ministerial position in Second Philippe government. In the 2020 French municipal elections in Nancy, Klein headed the Nancy en grand list of the Socialist Party, which took the first place in the first round on 15 March 2020, with 37.9% of the vote. Following this result, Klein merged his list with that of Europe Ecology – The Greens. In the second round, held on 28 June 2020, Klein prevailed with 54.5% of the vote. He was confirmed as Mayor on 15 July 2020 by 43 votes in the municipal council of Nancy, becoming the first left-wing person to exercise this mandate since the end of the second World War. He is seconded by twenty adjoints au maire. Personal life Mathieu Klein is a gay man and is engaged in associations which are engaged in the fight against homophobia. He is married to a general practitioner and the couple have three children. Honours Knight, National Order of Merit (2017) References External links Official website (French) 1976 births 21st-century French politicians French people of German descent Gay politicians Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite LGBT mayors of places in France Living people Mayors of Nancy, France People from Moselle (department) Socialist Party (France) politicians