Gilles Simeoni | |
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President of the Executive Council of Corsica | |
Assumed office 17 December 2015 | |
Preceded by | Paul Giacobbi |
Mayor of Bastia | |
In office 5 April 2014 – 7 January 2016 | |
Preceded by | Émile Zuccarelli |
Succeeded by | Pierre Savelli |
Personal details | |
Born | Bastia, Corsica, France | 20 April 1967
Political party | Femu a Corsica |
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Education | University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli |
Profession | Lawyer |
Gilles Simeoni (French pronunciation: [ʒil simeɔni], Corsican: [simɛˈɔni]; born 20 April 1967) is a lawyer and politician in Corsica, France. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably, Simeoni served as the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna's lawyer at his trial for the assassination of Claude Érignac.