| André Aschieri | |
| Birth Date: | 8 March 1937 |
| Birth Place: | Mouans-Sartoux, France |
| Death Place: | Mouans-Sartoux, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Party: | LV |
| Office: | Vice-President of Land and Housing of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| Term Start: | 28 March 2004 |
| Term End: | 13 December 2015 |
| Successor: | Roger Didier |
| Office2: | Member of the French National Assembly |
| Term Start2: | 12 June 1997 |
| Term End2: | 18 June 2002 |
| Successor2: | Michèle Tabarot |
| Constituency2: | Alpes-Maritimes's 9th constituency |
| Office3: | Mayor of Mouans-Sartoux |
| Term Start3: | 22 December 1974 |
| Term End3: | 21 May 2015 |
| Successor3: | Pierre Aschieri |
André Aschieri (8 March 1937 – 6 December 2021) was a French politician.[1] He served as mayor of Mouans-Sartoux from 1974 to 2015, was a member of the National Assembly from 1997 to 2002, and was Vice-President of Land and Housing of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 2004 to 2015. He was the founder of the and was a member of the Grenelle Environnement.
Aschieri carried out his military service in the Algerian War from 1960 to 1962. Beginning his career as a math teacher, he was elected to the Municipal Council of Mouans-Sartoux in 1971. He became mayor in 1974 and was continuously re-elected in the first round of each election. As mayor, he became Vice-President of the upon its foundation in 2001.
From the end of the 1980s until the project's abandonment in the late 1990s, Aschieri supported the expansion of the A8 autoroute through Grasse and the . In the 1990s, he opposed a large real estate project around the Siagne and largely contributed to the reopening of the .[2] On 22 March 1992, he was elected to the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, although he resigned in 1995.
Aschieri was elected to the National Assembly in Alpes-Maritimes's 9th constituency on 1 June 1997 as part of The Greens (LV).[3] While in office, he created the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire (AFSSET), inspired by the creation of the and the Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire. He became Vice-President of AFSSET in 2003.[4] He was particularly interested in the impacts of electromagnetic radiation on human health and the environment. In 2002, he was defeated in the second round by Union for a Popular Movement candidate Michèle Tabarot.[5]
Aschieri was again elected to the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in 2004 and took part in the creation of the . He was re-elected in 2010 and served as Vice-President of Land and Housing. He therefore resigned as Vice-President of the Pôle Azur Provence. He was also defeated in the 2007 legislative election again by Tabarot, who won in the first round.[6]
Aschieri was a candidate in the 2009 European Parliament election as part of the Europe Ecology group, but failed to gain a seat.[7] In 2012, he ran for the National Assembly as a candidate in Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency. He qualified for the second round against, but was narrowly defeated. However, he was re-elected as mayor of Mouans-Sartoux in 2014 with 70.41% of the vote, becoming Vice-President of the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Grasse. However, he resigned from this post in May 2015, citing health reasons.[8] His son, Pierre, succeeded him as mayor and was re-elected in 2020 with 76.86% of the vote.[9]
André Aschieri died in Mouans-Sartoux on 6 December 2021 at the age of 84.[10]