the first round. Barseghian won the second round with 41.7% of the vote. Barseghian became mayor of Strasbourg on July 4, 2020. This made her the first mayor of the city representing the green movement, and also the first whose family was not from the Alsace Region. Barseghian also became the first vice president of the Eurométropole de Strasbourg. In her first speech as mayor, Barseghian declared an ecological state of emergency, and reiterated her commitment to various measures that she had campaigned on including the demineralization of the city center, the creation of new parks and cycling paths, the exclusion of diesel vehicles from the city center by 2025 (which had also been a policy of her predecessor, Roland Ries), and giving aid to feminist associations. References 1980 births Living people Mayors of Strasbourg Women mayors of places in France Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians French people of Armenian descent People from Suresnes University of Strasbourg alumni Paris Nanterre University alumni 21st-century French women politicians