What is Bertrand Delanoë?
[[File:Place Mahmoud Darwich 017.jpg|right|thumb|Bertrand Delanoë in 2010.]] '''Bertrand Delanoë''' ({{IPA-fr|bɛʁ.tʁɑ̃ də.la.no.e|lang|Fr-Bertrand Delanoe.ogg}}; born 30 May 1950) is a retired French politician. He was [[List of mayors of Paris|Mayor]] of [[Paris]] from 25 March 2001 to 5 April 2014. He is a member of the [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jan/06/france.jasonburke |title=Definitively a mayor à la mode |access-date=18 February 2009|last=Burke |first=Jason |author-link=Jason Burke |date=6 January 2008|work=The Observer | location=London}}</ref> He was born in [[Tunis]], [[French protectorate of Tunisia|French Tunisia]]. Delanoë was stabbed on 5 October 2002 during the ''[[Nuit Blanche]]'', a night of festivities in Paris. Before being taken to hospital, Delanoë ordered that the festivities continue. Delanoë's wound was not life-threatening and he left the hospital after about two weeks.<ref name=glbtq>{{cite web |last=Rapp |first=Linda |title=Delanoë, Bertrand |work=[[glbtq.com]] |date=13 August 2007 |url=http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/delanoe_b.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011173644/http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/delanoe_b.html |archive-date=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=America Alone |url=https://archive.org/details/americaaloneendo00stey_0 |last=Steyn |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Steyn |year=2006 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/americaaloneendo00stey_0/page/120 120]–121}}</ref> Delanoë was one of the first major French politicians to announce that he was [[gay]].<ref>[http://www.citymayors.com/mayors/paris_mayor.html City Mayors: Bertrand Delanoe – Mayor of Paris<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2305849.stm |work=BBC News | title=Psychiatric tests for anti-gay attacker | date=7 October 2002 | access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{c