Rodolphe Alexandre (born 26 September 1953 in Cayenne) is a French politician from French Guiana.[1] The former Mayor of Cayenne, he was president of the Guiana Assembly, the deliberative assembly of French Guiana, since its establishment on 1 January 2016 until 2021.[2] He was president of the Regional Council of French Guiana from 26 March 2010, till the Regional Council and General Council were replaced by the one body, the Guiana Assembly, on 1 January 2016.
Having completed his secondary education at Felix Eboue High School, he obtained a Master of history and geography at the University of Bordeaux III.[3]
He joined the Guianese Socialist Party (PSG) in 1983, when he became chief of staff in the General Council of Guyana (until 1988).[4] He was then elected a municipal councillor of Cayenne in 1989, and then became its first deputy mayor in 1995.[4] In 2001 he became President of the Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral in Cayenne, which he did until 2012.[4] He stated his rapprochement with the right wing of politics took place in the spring of 2006, mostly due to security policies after he stated there was a rise in crime.[5] In the 2007 French presidential election he supported Nicolas Sarkozy, but was expelled from the party in January 2008.[5] Antoine Karam expelled him on the grounds of having announced his candidacy for Mayor of Cayenne despite the party supporting the current mayor, who was running for reelection that cycle.[5] This prompted him to create his own movement, Guyane 73, which later became Guyane Rassemblement.[6]
In December 2015 he became President of the Regional Council of French Guiana, with 35 votes to 15.[6]
In 2010 he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour,[7] and was then promoted to officer by a decree on 31 December 2020.[8]
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Laurent Wauquiez (LR) Bourgogne-Franche-Comté: Marie-Guite Dufay (PS) Brittany: Loïg Chesnais-Girard (DVG) Centre-Val de Loire: François Bonneau (PS) Corsica: Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis (FAC) Grand Est: Franck Leroy (LR)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Alain Rousset (PS) French Guiana: Gabriel Serville (PG) Guadeloupe: Ary Chalus (PS) Île-de-France: Valérie Pécresse (LR) Martinique: Claude Lise (PPM)
Occitania: Carole Delga (PS) Hauts-de-France: Xavier Bertrand (DVD) Normandy: Hervé Morin (LR) Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur: Renaud Muselier (LR) Pays de la Loire: Christelle Morançais (LR) Réunion: Didier Robert (LR)
