Grégory Doucet

Grégory Doucet
Mayor of Lyon
Assumed office
4 July 2020
Preceded byGérard Collomb
Personal details
Born (1973-08-22) 22 August 1973
PartyEurope Ecology – The Greens (since 2010)
Other political
affiliations
The Greens (2007–2010)
Alma materRouen Business School

Grégory Doucet (French: [ɡʁeɡɔʁi dusɛ]; born 22 August 1973) is a French politician who has served as Mayor of Lyon since 2020. He is a member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV).[1]

Mayor of Lyon

On 12 September 2019, Doucet was chosen to lead the EELV list in the 2020 municipal election, in which it received an absolute majority of the vote with 52.4% in the second round. It placed first in seven out of nine arrondissements in the second round; Doucet stood as a candidate in the 3rd arrondissement.

Elected to the mayorship by the municipal council of Lyon on 4 July 2020, he became the first member of his party to assume the office. He is also a councillor of Lyon Metropolis, where he sits on the Committee on Finance, Institutions, Resources and Territorial Organisation.

In February 2026, following the death of activist Quentin Daranque during political clashes, Doucet condemned the violence and called for calm. He declined the proposal to display Daranque’s portrait at Lyon City Hall, stating that he did not consider it representative of Lyon’s humanist values. He also called for authorities to access the public order risks of a planned memorial march.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Élections municipales : qui est Grégory Doucet, le futur maire de Lyon ?" (in French). RTL. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Lyon. Grégory Doucet : « Notre priorité est de mettre un terme aux violences de l'ultradroite »". www.leprogres.fr (in French). 2026-02-24. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  3. ^ Mag, Lyon (2026-02-20). "Lyon Mag". Lyon Mag (in French). Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  4. ^ à 11h20, Par Le Parisien avec AFP Le 19 février 2026 (2026-02-19). "« C'est la seule décision responsable » : le maire de Lyon demande l'interdiction d'une marche en hommage à Quentin". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2026-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)