Anne Hidalgo - Political Career

Political Career

Anne Hidalgo worked in three cabinets under the Jospin Government :

• From 1997 to 1998 : as adviser to the cabinet of Martine Aubry, Minister of Employment and Solidarity,
• From 1998 to 2000 : as technical adviser then consultant at the cabinet of Nicole Pery, Secretary of State for Women's Rights and Vocational Training,
• From November 2000 to May 2002 : as a technical adviser (and officer) at the cabinet of Marylise Lebranchu, Minister of Justice (responsible for social relations and status of officials).

In March 2001, at the municipal elections, she led the list of the French Socialist Party in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, which won 26.5% of votes in the first round then was at the second round behind the list gathered around Édouard Balladur and Mayor René Galy-Dejean. She joined the Conseil de Paris and became the first deputy mayor of Paris.

In June 2002, she was a candidate in the parliamentary elections in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, gathering 29.6% of votes in the first round while Édouard Balladur won 54.2% who was elected.

In March 2004, she was elected at the Conseil régional d'Île-de-France on the list of Jean-Paul Huchon.

As part of the internal campaign for the nomination of the Socialist candidate in 2006, she expressed a close connection with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, while remaining close to Lionel Jospin and Bertrand Delanoë. With other female leaders of the Socialist Party, she criticized the "peoplelisation" of politics, which was a reference to the candidacy of Ségolène Royal.

In June 2007, she was a candidate at the legislative elections in the 13th arrondissement of Paris and had in the first round 28.2%, against 36.6% for the UMP candidate Jean-François Lamour, and was beaten on the second round with 56.7% for Lamour.