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Anne Hidalgo
Former Mayor of Paris (2014-2026) | First Woman to Lead the City | Former Chair, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group | Global Voice on Cities, Climate & Leadership
Anne Hidalgo served as Mayor of Paris from 2014 to 2026, the first woman ever elected to the office. She led a decade of sweeping environmental transformation, from bike lanes and cleaner air to a swimmable Seine, and governed the city through terror attacks, a pandemic, and the 2024 Olympic Games. On stage, she shares a first-hand account of leading bold change on one of the world's most visible stages.
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Anne Hidalgo biography
Anne Hidalgo led one of the world’s great cities through a decade of profound transformation. As the first woman ever elected Mayor of Paris, she became a globally recognized, and often debated, figure in urban and climate policy, reshaping the French capital around cleaner air, green space, cycling, and the idea that a city should be organized for the people who live in it. Whatever one makes of the choices, few political leaders of her generation have left as visible a mark on a major world capital.
The political speaker Anne Hidalgo served as Mayor of Paris from 2014 to 2026, having first entered City Hall as First Deputy Mayor in 2001. Over two terms she pursued an ambitious environmental agenda, adding hundreds of kilometers of bike lanes, reducing car traffic and air pollution, pedestrianizing public spaces, and championing the “15-Minute City” model of local, walkable neighborhoods. Under her leadership Paris undertook the years-long effort that returned the Seine to swimmable condition, a centerpiece of the city she presented to the world at the 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Leading Paris Through Crisis, Climate, and the Olympic Games
Hidalgo governed Paris through extraordinary events, the November 2015 terror attacks, the 2019 fire at Notre-Dame, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the delivery of a landmark Olympic Games, experiences that made her a leading international voice on urban resilience. A Spanish-born daughter of working-class immigrants who became the first woman to lead the French capital, she has been a prominent advocate for women in leadership, and from 2016 to 2019 she chaired the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the global network of mayors driving climate action. She was the Socialist Party’s candidate in the 2022 French presidential election and remains an active voice in European politics and the global conversation on the future of cities.
As a speaker, Anne Hidalgo offers the hard-won perspective of a leader who governed a major world capital through a decade of change and crisis. She speaks on cities, climate, and sustainable urban transformation, leadership and decision-making under pressure, women in leadership and public life, and the future of great cities in an age of climate and technological change. Audiences gain a candid, first-hand account of what it takes to lead bold change on one of the world’s most visible stages.
Anne Hidalgo Speaking Videos
OFFICIAL OPENING Anne HIDALGO Mayor of Paris - International symposium Cities and Climate Change
Women4Climate | Mayor Anne Hidalgo Remarks | Bloomberg Philanthropies
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Hidalgo led one of the most closely watched urban transformations of our time. She shares the vision and the hard realities behind reshaping Paris around cleaner air, cycling, green space, and walkable neighborhoods, what worked, what met fierce resistance, and what other cities and organizations can learn from a decade of pursuing ambitious environmental change in a major capital.
Over her tenure, Hidalgo led Paris through terror attacks, the Notre-Dame fire, a global pandemic, and the pressure of hosting the Olympic Games. She reflects candidly on making high-stakes decisions under intense public scrutiny, communicating in a crisis, and holding to a long-term vision when the pressures of the moment push in every direction, lessons in resilience for any leader.
Hosting the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games meant coordinating vast logistics, security, and international attention while showcasing a transformed city. Hidalgo shares the behind-the-scenes story of preparing Paris for the world, the planning, partnerships, and bold bets involved, and what it takes to deliver an event of that scale while advancing a lasting legacy for the city.
As the first woman elected to lead Paris, and a presidential candidate, Hidalgo speaks to the realities of women in top political and public roles. She shares her own path from the daughter of Spanish immigrants to the head of a world capital, the barriers she encountered, and why greater representation of women in leadership matters for cities, institutions, and society.
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Why Anne Hidalgo?
Booking Anne Hidalgo gives audiences a leader who governed one of the world's most iconic cities through a decade of transformation and crisis. As the first woman elected Mayor of Paris, she drove an internationally recognized environmental agenda, led the city through extraordinary challenges, and delivered the 2024 Olympic Games on a global stage. She offers a candid, senior perspective on cities and climate, leadership under pressure, and women in public life, grounded in real decisions with real stakes rather than theory. Globally recognized and multilingual, she is well suited to international events on urbanism, sustainability, leadership, and the future of cities. To bring Anne Hidalgo to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Anne Hidalgo?
Anne Hidalgo is a Spanish-born French politician who served as Mayor of Paris from 2014 to 2026, the first woman ever elected to the office. A member of the Socialist Party, she was previously First Deputy Mayor of Paris from 2001 to 2014. As mayor she led a major environmental transformation of the city and governed through events including the 2015 terror attacks, the 2019 Notre-Dame fire, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She chaired the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group from 2016 to 2019 and was the Socialist candidate in the 2022 French presidential election.
What is Anne Hidalgo known for as Mayor of Paris?
Anne Hidalgo is best known for an ambitious and internationally debated environmental transformation of Paris. Her administration added hundreds of kilometers of bike lanes, introduced measures to reduce car traffic and air pollution, pedestrianized streets and riverbanks, expanded green space, and embraced the "15-Minute City" concept of walkable, local neighborhoods. She also led the multi-year effort to clean the Seine so it could be used for swimming, oversaw the city during major crises, and delivered the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Her tenure drew international acclaim for its climate ambition and domestic criticism over disruption and governance.
What topics does political speaker Anne Hidalgo cover?
Anne Hidalgo speaks on cities, climate, and sustainable urban transformation, leadership and decision-making in times of crisis, delivering the Olympic Games, and women in leadership and public life. Her keynotes suit events on urbanism, sustainability, climate, leadership, and global affairs. To book Anne Hidalgo as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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