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Margaux Rousset
Published on Oct 13, 2024 at 8:56 a.m.
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On the first floor of Caen Town Hall (Calvados), the tenant of the mayor’s office changed on July 16, 2024. Aristide Olivier has made his mark in this space that he knows well, asformer right-hand man of Joël Bruneau, his predecessor, mayor since 2014 and now deputy since this summer.
A return to school outside the classroom
For his first return outside the classroom and from the playground after 19 years of teaching CM1 and CM2 at the Lyautey school in Caen, the new mayor of Caen brought back in his schoolbag a portrait of Roger Federer and the Phryge mascot of the Olympic Games, partly made near Caen. As if not to forget his lifelong favorite: sports.
It is through this that Aristide Olivier entered politics. Even if he claims “not to be a baby of politics” but rather “a child of Caen”, one who grew up in Hermanville-sur-Merbefore doing all his schooling in Hérouville then in Caen, always had the desire to get involved.
An unfailing commitment
For his classmates first by being a “class representative from 6th to 12th grade”. Then in the associative environment, becoming the youngest president of a sports club, by taking over the management of the Caen Tennis Club (TCC). With the aim of turning the club around. This was done thanks to the creation of the Caen Open.
And it was only two years later that Brigitte Le Brethonthe UMP mayor at the time, asked him to appear on her list for the municipal elections. It was in 2008. “I presented him with a 45-page project on the way I saw sport in Caen. »
The municipal elections are lost to Philippe Duron but Aristide Olivier’s career is only just beginning.
In politics, I learned from defeat and as in sport, we learn more often from defeat than from success, because it avoids feeding on too many certainties.
Aristide Olivier
One thing is certain: the trust placed in him by Sonia de la Provôté and then Joël Bruneau, gave him his footing. The latter’s sports assistant since 2014, he sees in him “a formidable guide”, with whom he still talks every Monday about local politics.
“My goal is to act”
Being well surrounded is part of his daily life as mayor. “I don’t like those who are certain about everything and who are specialists in everything. There are people in city services who are more specialists than me. I listen to them. After that doesn’t stop me from forming my own opinion, it’s the mayor’s role to decide. »
And if it vibrates in the supercharged atmosphere of the Palais des Sports in Caen where he can share the beauty of the CBC’s victories with his two children, he also thrills in the action.
My goal is to act and that’s why I find the mandate of mayor exciting and fascinating.
Aristide Olivier
The year 2025, the year of Caen
A mandate that he will hold until the next elections in 2026 and which he hopes to renew subsequently. His candidacy is not in doubt.but before getting there, he will have a lot to do with the files that await him.
From the gourmet market which will have to be decided whether or not it will take place at the Millennium of the city to prepare, Aristide Olivier will not have time to get bored.
For this child from Caen, “his” city is synonymous with balance and quality of life.
It is a city that has all the services of a huge metropolis, including the quality of its public services, while having the big advantage of being on a human scale.
Aristide Olivier
To this clever mix, he adds “economic dynamism and crazy associative and sporting wealth. »
It would then be missing, according to him, a touch of pride. “We can be proud of Caen. Our modesty must be transformed and 2025 is the time to show that Caen’s time has come. We can be proud to live in this city and, for my part, there is no question of leaving it. »
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