Georges Marsan | |
Office: | Mayor of Monaco |
Term Start: | 1 April 2003 |
Residence: | Monaco |
Nationality: | Monégasque |
Alma Mater: | University of Montpellier |
Occupation: | Pharmacist |
Predecessor: | Anne-Marie Campora |
Children: | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Parents: | Gérard Marsan |
Georges Marsan (born 20 March 1957) is a Monégasque politician serving as mayor of Monaco since 2003. A member of the Communal Evolution (EC) party, he was first elected to the Communal Council of Monaco in 1991. Marsan is a pharmacist by trade.
Georges Marsan was born in 1957.[1] Both his father Gérard and grandfather Antoine were pharmacists.[2] The family pharmacy was established on Rue Grimaldi in 1908.[2] Shortly after, it was relocated to the Place d'Armes in La Condamine.[2] [3] Meanwhile, one of his grandfathers was a neighbourhood mayor who helped write the Constitution of Monaco in 1911 in the wake of the Monégasque Revolution.[2]
Marsan graduated from the University of Montpellier in pharmacy in 1979.[1]
Marsan started his career as a pharmacist in the family business on the Place d'Armes.[2] He serves as president of the Ordre des Pharmaciens de Monaco.[4] In 1991, Marsan was asked to run for the Monaco Communal Council by now-former Mayor Anne-Marie Campora; he was elected.[1]
He has served as mayor of Monaco since 2003.[1] He has been elected five times (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019).[5] He was the sole candidate in 2011 and 2019.[6] He won by 75% in 2015.[7]
Marsan is Grand Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles.[1]
Marsan is married.[1] He has a son and two daughters.[1]