{{short description|French politician (born 1978)}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{infobox Politician | name = Mathieu Hanotin | image = Portrait Mathieu (cropped2).jpg | caption = Mathieu Hanotin in 2014 | office = Mayor of Saint-Denis | term_start = 4 July 2020 | predecessor = Laurent Russier | successor = Bally Bagayoko | office2 = Member of the National Assembly<br />for Seine-Saint-Denis's 2nd constituency | term_start2 = 20 June 2012 | term_end2 = 20 June 2017 | predecessor2 = Patrick Braouezec | successor2 = Stéphane Peu | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|08|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = Compiègne, France | party = Socialist Party | alma_mater = University of Strasbourg<br>Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University }}
'''Mathieu Hanotin''' ({{IPA|fr|matjø anɔtɛ̃}}; born 22 August 1978) is a French politician of the Socialist Party. From 2020 to 2026, he served as mayor of Saint-Denis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/mathieu-hanotin-maire-ps-de-saint-denis-la-presence-de-la-police-est-efficace-pour-lutter-contre-l-insecurite-20240810|title=Mathieu Hanotin, maire PS de Saint-Denis : "La présence de la police est efficace pour lutter contre l'insécurité"|work=Le Figaro|date=10 August 2024|language=fr}}</ref> From 2012 to 2017, he was a member of the National Assembly for Seine-Saint-Denis's 2nd constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-denis_93066/mathieu-hanotin-maire-de-saint-denis-decore-de-l-ordre-national-du-merite_42119316.html|title=Mathieu Hanotin, maire de Saint-Denis, décoré de l'ordre national du Mérite|work=Actu.fr|date=26 May 2021|language=fr}}</ref> From 2008 to 2021, he was a member of the Departmental Council of Seine-Saint-Denis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-denis_93066/mathieu-hanotin-maire-de-saint-denis-decore-de-l-ordre-national-du-merite_42119316.html|title=Michèle Lutz et Mathieu Hanotin chargés d'une mission de lutte contre l'habitat indigne|work=Acteurs publics|date=22 May 2023|language=fr}}</ref>
==Biography== Hanotin began his political activism in the student union UNEF while studying law and history at the University of Strasbourg and later at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.<ref name="BB">{{cite web|url=https://fr.news.yahoo.com/blogs/bondy-blog-presidentielle/mathieu-hanotin-j-ai-la-politique-dans-le-022643594.html|title=Mathieu Hanotin : « J’ai la politique dans le sang depuis des années »|publisher=Bondy Blog|date=23 May 2012|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He joined the Socialist Party in 1996.<ref name="BB"/> He later worked as a senior official at Paris city hall alongside deputy mayor for sports Pascal Cherki.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis/les-nouveaux-visages-du-departement-27-03-2008-3297459893.php|title=Les nouveaux visages du département|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=27 March 2008|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
==Political career== ===Department=== Hanotin moved to Seine-Saint-Denis around 2005.<ref name="Mestre">{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/05/22/generation-cpe-de-l-unef-au-pouvoir_5131636_4854003.html|title=« Génération CPE » : de l’UNEF au pouvoir|last1=Mestre|first1=Abel|publisher=lemonde.fr|date=22 May 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He stood for election and was elected in March 2008 as general councillor for the canton of Saint-Denis-Sud, defeating the incumbent communist Ronan Kerrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/CN2008/093/CAN29.html|title=Résultats des élections Cantonales|publisher=Ministère de l'Intérieur|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> The canton had been regarded as difficult for challengers.<ref name="Mestre"/>
When Claude Bartolone became president of the departmental council of Seine-Saint-Denis, he appointed the council's youngest member with leading priority areas as vice-president in charge of education, citizenship and the fight against discrimination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis/les-nouveaux-visages-du-departement-27-03-2008-3297459893.php|title=Les nouveaux visages du département|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=27 March 2008|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> In 2011 his vice-presidency was extended to education and youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seine-saint-denis.fr/Vos-elus.html|title=Vos élus|publisher=Conseil général de Seine-Saint-Denis|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> In 2010 the department adopted an exceptional investment plan totalling €703 million for construction or reconstruction of 21 collèges, including €380 million in direct project management and €323 million in public private partnership contracts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.claudebartolone.net/2010/10/19/plan-exceptionnel-dinvestissement-pour-les-colleges/|title=Plan exceptionnel d’investissement pour les collèges|publisher=Blog de Claude Bartolone|date=19 October 2010|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seine-saint-denis.fr/Plan-exceptionnel-d-investissement.html|title=Plan exceptionnel d’investissement pour les collèges du département de la Seine-Saint-Denis|publisher=Conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis|date=17 October 2010|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
He stood in the 2015 departmental elections in tandem with Nadège Grosbois and led in the first round over the ticket formed by outgoing Front de gauche councillors Bally Bagayoko and Florence Haye; Patrick Braouezec was the substitute on that ticket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-1-hanotin-ps-prend-sa-revanche-des-municipales-23-03-2015-4628931.php|title=Saint-Denis 1 : Hanotin (PS) prend sa revanche des municipales|last1=Bontinck|first1=Jean-Gabriel|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=23 March 2015|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> After an internal agreement among left wing candidates, he remained the left’s candidate for the second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/elections-departementales-2015/article/2015/03/27/a-gauche-une-union-dictee-par-les-circonstances_4602675_4572524.html|title=Départementales : à gauche, une union dictée par les circonstances|last1=Faye|first1=Olivier|last2=Chapuis|first2=Nicolas|publisher=lemonde.fr|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
As departmental councillor in charge of sport and major events he oversaw adoption in November 2016 of an investment programme for swimming pools, including a new facility planned for Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, and he was responsible for the departmental project in Paris’s bid for the 2024 Olympic Games, which included an Olympic pool near the Stade de France and reconstruction of Piscine Annette-Kellermann (Marville pool).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lemag.seinesaintdenis.fr/Plan-Piscines-Le-Departement-augmente-la-frequence-de-battement|title=Plan Piscines : Le Département augmente la fréquence de battement|last1=Lehousse|first1=Christophe|publisher=seinesaintdenis.fr|date=10 November 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/villetaneuse-93430/voila-a-quoi-ressemblera-le-93-si-paris-obtient-les-jo-2024-27-03-2017-6801303.php|title=Voilà à quoi ressemblera le 93 si Paris obtient les JO 2024|last1=Lefèvre|first1=Sandrine|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=27 March 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
Accused of not supporting the list led by Gilbert Roger in the 2017 Senate elections, the federation adopted in October 2017 a motion asking him to resign as president of the Socialist group at the departmental council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/aubervilliers-93300/seine-saint-denis-la-chasse-aux-sorcieres-est-lancee-au-sein-du-ps-05-10-2017-7310985.php|title=Seine-Saint-Denis : « La chasse aux sorcières » est lancée au sein du PS|last1=Thomas|first1=Sébastien|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=5 October 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He resigned in November 2017, stating that his delegation for sport and organisation of major events like the 2024 Olympics required much of his time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/bobigny-93000/seine-saint-denis-mathieu-hanotin-quitte-la-presidence-du-groupe-ps-au-conseil-departemental-16-11-2017-7396629.php|title=Seine-Saint-Denis : Mathieu Hanotin quitte la présidence du groupe PS au conseil départemental|last1=Thomas|first1=Sébastien|publisher=Le Parisien|date=16 November 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
===Deputy=== After supporting Martine Aubry in the 2011 primary, Hanotin backed the successful presidential campaign of François Hollande.<ref name="BB"/> He stood in the June 2012 legislative elections and was elected deputy for the 2nd constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Villetaneuse), defeating incumbent and Front de Gauche candidate Patrick Braouezec.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/LG2012/093/09302.html|title=Résultats des élections législatives 2012 : SEINE SAINT-DENIS (93) - 2e circonscription|publisher=Ministère de l'Intérieur|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> His election night was marked by disturbances among supporters of the outgoing candidate at the Saint-Denis reception hall when results were announced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juQenxpbSTw|title=Échauffourées à Saint-Denis entre les partisans de Hanotin (PS) et ceux de Braouezec (FDG)|publisher=Chaîne Youtube de France 3 Paris-IDF|date=18 June 2012|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
A member of the Commission des Affaires culturelles et de l'Éducation {{lang|en|Committee on Cultural and Education Affairs}}, he focused on education and housing issues relevant to suburban residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nosdeputes.fr/mathieu-hanotin/dossiers|title=Dossiers parlementaires de Mathieu Hanotin|publisher=nosdeputes.fr|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> As part of the ALUR housing bill, he had several amendments adopted aimed at combating substandard housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://logement.blogs.liberation.fr/serafini/2013/09/lassembl%C3%A9e-vote-la-cr%C3%A9ation-dun-permis-de-louer.html|title=L'Assemblée nationale vote la création d'un permis de louer|last1=Serafini|first1=Tonino|publisher=Libération|date=13 September 2013|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive-date=15 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415041722/http://logement.blogs.liberation.fr/serafini/2013/09/lassembl%C3%A9e-vote-la-cr%C3%A9ation-dun-permis-de-louer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The implementing decree defining where mayors may require a "permis de louer" was issued in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.logement.gouv.fr/lutte-contre-l-habitat-indigne-la-mise-en-place-d-un-permis-de-louer-va-permettre-aux-collectivites-de-s-assurer-de-la-qualite-des-logements-mis-en|title=Lutte contre l’habitat indigne : la mise en place d’un « permis de louer » va permettre aux collectivités de s’assurer de la qualité des logements mis en location|publisher=logement.gouv.fr|date=21 December 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
He sponsored amendments to the school reform project concerning priority education and the transition from primary school to collège.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unmondedavance.eu/refondation-de-lecole-interview-de-mathieu-hanotin/|title=Refondation de l'école|publisher=Un Monde d'Avance|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He supported the Saint-Denis hospital centre as headquarters of the territorial hospital group linking it to Gonesse hospital and helped finance the Maison des femmes at Delafontaine hospital, opened in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ch-stdenis.fr/nos-actus/toutes-nos-actualites/mathieu-hanotin-depute-de-seine-saint-denis-rencontre-le-personnel-de-l-hopital,44,26.html|title=Le hamoniste Mathieu Hanotin prévient qu'il "ne votera pas la confiance" au nouveau gouvernement|publisher=ch-stdenis.fr|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive-date=5 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105180305/http://www.ch-stdenis.fr/nos-actus/toutes-nos-actualites/mathieu-hanotin-depute-de-seine-saint-denis-rencontre-le-personnel-de-l-hopital,44,26.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lejsd.com/content/inauguration-de-la-maison-des-femmes|title=Inauguration de la Maison des Femmes|last1=Banse|first1=Sébastien|publisher=www.lejsd.com|date=8 July 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
Recalling a Hollande campaign commitment to improve police–public relations, he tabled in 2016 an amendment to require officers to issue receipts during identity checks to combat discriminatory checks; the amendment was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/hanotin-ps-defend-le-recepisse-de-controle-d-identite-01-03-2016-5587627.php|title=Hanotin (PS) défend le récépissé de contrôle d'identité|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=1 March 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/controles-au-facies-les-deputes-rejettent-la-mise-en-place-d-un-recepisse-02-03-2016-5592901.php|title=Contrôles au faciès : les députés rejettent la mise en place d'un récépissé|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=2 March 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> In November 2016 the French Court of Cassation condemned the State over discriminatory identity checks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2016/11/09/controles-au-facies-la-cour-de-cassation-condamne-l-etat_5028213_1653578.html|title=Contrôles au faciès : après la condamnation de l’Etat, la police devra changer ses pratiques|last1=Pascual|first1=Julia|publisher=lemonde.fr|date=10 November 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
During the Digital Republic bill examination he secured in January 2016 an amendment guaranteeing the right to maintain an internet connection for households in difficulty; the experiment began in two departments in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/amendements/3399/AN/288.asp|title=AMENDEMENT N° 288|publisher=assemblee-nationale.fr|date=15 January 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nextinpact.com/news/101862-le-droit-au-maintien-connexion-a-internet-prendra-son-envol-en-2017.htm|title=Le « droit au maintien de la connexion à Internet » prendra son envol en 2017|last1=Berne|first1=Xavier|publisher=nextinpact.com|date=24 October 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
A member of the left current Un monde d'avance founded by Benoît Hamon, he abstained on 15 October 2013 on the pension reform presented by the Ayrault government alongside other left-wing MPs who expressed serious reservations about lengthening contribution periods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unmondedavance.eu/tag/mathieu-hanotin/|title=Mathieu Hanotin|publisher=Un Monde d'Avance|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/scrutins/jo0647.asp|title=Analyse du scrutin n° 647|publisher=Assemblée nationale|date=15 October 2013|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
After Manuel Valls's budget announcements in April 2014, he co-signed a letter with Christian Paul and others arguing that the government savings plan should not exceed €35 billion rather than the €50 billion proposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/170414/affaire-morelle-plan-dausterite-les-socialistes-sont-consternes|title=Affaire Morelle, plan d'austérité: les socialistes sont consternés|last1=Magnaudeix|first1=Mathieu|last2=Hajdenberg|first2=Michaël|publisher=Mediapart|date=17 April 2014|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> With about forty other Socialist deputies he abstained from the vote on 29 April 2014 following the Government’s declaration on the stability programme for 2014–2017, an act associated with the "frondeurs".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/scrutins/jo0786.asp|title=Analyse du scrutin n° 786|publisher=Assemblée nationale|date=29 April 2014|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He opposed the presidential project to enshrine stripping of nationality in the Constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/apps/2015/12/elus-gauche-decheance/|title=Élus de gauche contre la déchéance|publisher=liberation.fr|date=30 December 2015|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
He was among left-wing parliamentarians who in autumn 2012 urged President Hollande to implement voting rights for resident non-citizens in local elections; he co-signed an amendment that was rejected in session which would have legalised that right within the 2016 constitutional reform project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/espace-premium/seine-saint-denis-93/vote-des-etrangers-la-gauche-s-impatiente-26-11-2012-2354949.php|title=Vote des étrangers : la gauche s'impatiente|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=26 November 2012|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lcp.fr/la-politique-en-video/valls-le-droit-de-vote-des-etrangers-nest-pas-une-priorite-et-une-attente|title=Valls : le droit de vote des étrangers n'est "pas une priorité et une attente"|publisher=lcp.fr|date=10 February 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731162856/http://www.lcp.fr/la-politique-en-video/valls-le-droit-de-vote-des-etrangers-nest-pas-une-priorite-et-une-attente|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/amendements/3381/AN/168.asp|title=AMENDEMENT N° 168|publisher=assemblee-nationale.fr|date=2 February 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
He served as campaign director for Benoît Hamon in the 2017 Socialist primary and subsequently co-directed Hamon’s presidential campaign with deputy Jean-Marc Germain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/270816/face-loffensive-identitaire-la-gauche-sort-un-peu-de-sa-sideration|title=Face à l'offensive identitaire, la gauche sort (un peu) de sa sidération|last1=Bredoux|first1=Lénaïg|last2=Gueugneau|first2=Christophe|last3=Alliès|first3=Stéphane|publisher=Mediapart|date=27 August 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2017/article/2017/02/07/jean-marc-germain-et-mathieu-hanotin-codirigeront-la-campagne-de-benoit-hamon_5076122_4854003.html|title=Jean-Marc Germain et Mathieu Hanotin codirigeront la campagne de Benoît Hamon|last1=de Royer|first1=Solenn|publisher=lemonde.fr|date=7 February 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
At the launch rally for Hamon’s candidacy in Saint-Denis, Hanotin criticised the left’s record during the five-year term and accused Manuel Valls of supporting identitarian-leaning mayors in reference to anti-burkini decrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lejsd.com/content/hanotin-dans-le-sillage-dhamon|title=Hanotin dans le sillage d'Hamon|last1=Sanchez|first1=Dominique|publisher=Le Journal de Saint-Denis|date=29 August 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> Hamon won the first round of the primary with 36% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/primaire-de-la-gauche/article/2017/01/22/benoit-hamon-le-frondeur-arrive-en-premiere-position_5067087_5008374.html|title=Benoît Hamon, le frondeur arrivé en première position|publisher=lemonde.fr|date=23 January 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
Hamon obtained 6.35% of the vote in the 2017 presidential election and did not qualify for the second round; Hanotin published a 20-part series in Libération in the autumn about the campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/resultats-election-presidentielle-2017-benoit-hamon-7788189239|title=Résultats élection présidentielle : Benoît Hamon obtient 6,35% des voix|last1=Bosse-Platière|first1=Raphaël|last2=Martin|first2=Clarisse|publisher=rtl.fr|date=23 April 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/2017/11/08/que-la-campagne-est-belle-les-coulisses-de-la-presidentielle-par-le-directeur-de-campagne-de-hamon_1608384|title=«Que la campagne est belle», les coulisses de la présidentielle par le directeur de campagne de Hamon|publisher=liberation.fr|date=8 November 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
He joined the project to launch the movement "Dès demain" revealed on 10 May 2017 by Anne Hidalgo, Martine Aubry and Christiane Taubira.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/anne-hidalgo-christiane-taubira-et-martine-aubry-lancent-un-mouvement-politique-des-demain_2184369.html|title=Anne Hidalgo, Christiane Taubira et Martine Aubry lancent un mouvement politique, "Dès demain"|publisher=francetvinfo.fr|date=10 May 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He announced on 10 May 2017 that he would not give confidence to the government appointed by Emmanuel Macron, but narrowly failed to qualify for the second round of the 2017 legislative elections and thus lost his seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lelab.europe1.fr/le-hamoniste-mathieu-hanotin-previent-quil-ne-votera-pas-la-confiance-au-nouveau-gouvernement-3325829|title=Le hamoniste Mathieu Hanotin prévient qu'il "ne votera pas la confiance" au nouveau gouvernement|publisher=europe1.fr|date=10 May 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2017-les-resultats-du-premier-tour-dans-la-2e-circonscription-de-seine-saint-denis-11-06-2017-7040481.php|title=Législatives 2017 : le sortant Mathieu Hanotin (PS) éliminé dans la 2e circonscription de Seine-Saint-Denis|last1=Bourdon|first1=Gwenaël|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=11 June 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
He supported the launch of Benoît Hamon’s movement Génération.s but remained a member of the Socialist Party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberation.fr/elections-presidentielle-legislatives-2017/2017/07/02/apres-le-plantage-benoit-hamon-arrache-la-rose-de-son-jardin_1581098|title=Après le plantage, Benoît Hamon arrache la rose de son jardin|publisher=liberation.fr|date=2 July 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> In the 2017 legislative election he received 19.2% of the vote in his constituency and was eliminated in the first round; the seat was won by communist Stéphane Peu in the second round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2017-les-resultats-du-second-tour-dans-la-2e-circonscription-de-seine-saint-denis-18-06-2017-7063236.php|title=Législatives 2017 : avec Stéphane Peu, le PCF reconquiert la 2e circonscription|last1=Bourdon|first1=Gwenaël|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=18 June 2017|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
===Municipal and inter-municipal=== In August 2013 he announced his candidacy for mayor of Saint-Denis in the 2014 municipal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/actualite/le-depute-ps-mathieu-hanotin-se-presente-contre-le-maire-pc-de-saint-denis-26-08-2013-3081927.php|title=« Le député PS Mathieu Hanotin se présente contre le maire PC de Saint-Denis »|publisher=Le Parisien|date=26 August 2013|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2013/08/27/97001-20130827FILWWW00370-municipales-duel-ps-pcf-a-saint-denis.php|title=« Municipales : duel PS-PCF à Saint-Denis ? »|publisher=Le Figaro|date=27 August 2013|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He obtained 34.3% in the first round against incumbent communist mayor Didier Paillard (40.2%), and was narrowly defeated in the second round with 49.50% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europe1.fr/municipales/saint-denis-les-communistes-conservent-la-mairie-de-justesse-1929759|title=Saint-Denis : les communistes conservent la mairie de justesse|last1=Gaillard|first1=Barthélémy|publisher=europe1.fr|date=30 March 2014|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> The following month he chose to retain his seat as general councillor and to resign his municipal councillor mandate to allow the next candidate on his list to take the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/bartolone-demissionne-du-conseil-general-du-93-28-04-2014-3801831.php|title=Seine-Saint-Denis : Bartolone démissionne du conseil général|last1=Thomas|first1=Sébastien|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=28 April 2014|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
From February 2016 the city of Saint-Denis began publishing a journal evaluating the fulfilment of its electoral commitments; shortly afterwards the Socialist party distributed a questionnaire to residents to assess the municipal record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/saint-denis-93200/saint-denis-le-match-pc-ps-reprend-dans-les-boites-aux-lettres-27-03-2016-5664749.php|title=Saint-Denis : le match PC-PS reprend dans les boîtes aux lettres|last1=Bontinck|first1=Jean-Gabriel|publisher=leparisien.fr|date=27 March 2016|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
In May 2018 he publicly launched the "Notre Saint-Denis" initiative in preparation for the 2020 municipal elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lejsd.com/content/%C2%AB-ce-n%E2%80%99est-pas-une-entr%C3%A9e-en-campagne-%C2%BB|title=Mathieu Hanotin : “Ce n’est pas une entrée en campagne”|last1=Lalande|first1=Yann|publisher=lejsd.com|date=25 May 2018|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive-date=15 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015162009/https://www.lejsd.com/content/%C2%AB-ce-n%E2%80%99est-pas-une-entr%C3%A9e-en-campagne-%C2%BB|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the first round of the 2020 municipal elections on 15 March 2020 he received 35.3% of the vote; incumbent communist mayor Laurent Russier obtained 24%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lejsd.com/content/mathieu-hanotin-ps-en-t%C3%AAte-les-r%C3%A9actions-%C3%A0-chaud|title=Municipales 2020 / Mathieu Hanotin (PS) en tête : les réactions à chaud|publisher=lejsd.com|date=16 March 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Hanotin won the second round on 28 June with 59% and was inaugurated as mayor on 4 July 2020, becoming the first Socialist mayor of Saint-Denis after more than seventy years of Communist administrations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/saint-denis-les-socialistes-s-installent-a-l-hotel-de-ville-04-07-2020-8347368.php|title=Saint-Denis : les socialistes s’installent à l’hôtel de ville|last1=Haus|first1=Hélène|publisher=Le Parisien|date=4 July 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
Among his first measures in autumn 2020 were several in the field of public security: strengthening municipal police numbers and arming the force, creating an urban supervision centre and equipping agents, and renovating the former police station to relocate municipal police there while abandoning plans to install a music conservatory on that site.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/120920/saint-denis-le-pari-securitaire-de-mathieu-hanotin|title=A Saint-Denis, le pari sécuritaire de Mathieu Hanotin|last1=Graulle|first1=Pauline|publisher=Médiapart|date=12 September 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/a-saint-denis-le-maire-ps-arme-la-police-municipale-et-fracture-encore-plus-la-gauche-11-09-2020-8382921.php|title=A Saint-Denis, le maire PS arme la police municipale et fracture encore plus la gauche|last1=Guédon|first1=Claire|publisher=Le Parisien|date=11 September 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-denis_93066/seine-saint-denis-decouvrez-ce-que-va-devenir-l-ancien-commissariat-de-saint-denis_38062284.html|title=Seine-Saint-Denis. Découvrez ce que va devenir l'ancien commissariat de Saint-Denis|last1=Dolbois|first1=Maëlys|publisher=Actu Seine-Saint-Denis|date=11 December 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-denis_93066/saint-denis-la-ville-renonce-definitivement-au-projet-de-conservatoire_38209055.html|title=Saint-Denis. La Ville renonce définitivement au projet de conservatoire|last1=Goth|first1=Dorine|publisher=Actu Seine-Saint-Denis|date=18 December 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> He prioritised the fight against substandard housing by strengthening hygiene inspectors and encouraging compulsory repair works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lejsd.com/content/%C2%AB-quand-est-%C3%A9lu-il-faut-savoir-assumer-ses-responsabilit%C3%A9s-%C2%BB|title=Mathieu Hanotin / « Quand on est élu, il faut savoir assumer ses responsabilités »|last1=Lalande|first1=Yann|publisher=Le Journal de Saint-Denis|date=13 October 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127171339/https://lejsd.com/content/%C2%AB-quand-est-%C3%A9lu-il-faut-savoir-assumer-ses-responsabilit%C3%A9s-%C2%BB|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/10/12/face-a-l-habitat-indigne-nous-devons-agir-plus-vite-et-plus-fort_6055676_3232.html|title=Face à l’habitat indigne, nous devons agir plus vite et plus fort|last1=Hanotin|first1=Mathieu|last2=Bontinck|first2=Katy|publisher=Le Monde|date=12 October 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
His attempt to reform working conditions for municipal employees was contested by most unions and provoked a weeks-long social conflict in the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2020/10/10/a-saint-denis-le-conseil-municipal-vire-a-l-echauffouree_6055518_823448.html|title=A Saint-Denis, des agents municipaux fustigent la « méthode Hanotin »|last1=Couvelaire|first1=Louise|publisher=Le Monde|date=10 October 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lejsd.com/content/des-parents-manifestent-pour-les-cantines-la-gr%C3%A8ve-continue|title=Des parents manifestent pour les cantines, la grève continue|last1=Oguz|first1=Aziz|publisher=lejsd.com|date=18 November 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
Following the 2020 municipal elections, Hanotin was also elected president of the Plaine Commune territorial public establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/societe/le-maire-de-saint-denis-devient-president-de-plaine-commune-mais-la-parite-n-est-pas-au-rendez-vous_34999337.html|title=Le maire de Saint-Denis devient président de Plaine Commune mais la parité n'est pas au rendez-vous|last1=Dolbois|first1=Maëlys|publisher=Actu Seine-Saint-Denis|date=17 July 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/le-maire-de-saint-denis-mathieu-hanotin-elu-president-de-plaine-commune-1594926071|title=Le maire de Saint-Denis, Mathieu Hanotin, élu président de Plaine Commune|last1=Mohammad|first1=Hajera|publisher=France Bleu Paris|date=16 July 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref> In September 2020, defending the choice of a public operator within SEDIF, he re-enrolled the nine municipalities of Plaine Commune with the Syndicat des eaux d'Île-de-France, a decision that six municipalities had previously put on hold.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/seine-saint-denis-93/seine-saint-denis-mathieu-hanotin-et-plaine-commune-accuses-de-passer-en-force-sur-la-gestion-de-l-eau-08-09-2020-8381013.php|title=Seine-Saint-Denis : Mathieu Hanotin et Plaine Commune accusés de passer en force sur la gestion de l’eau|last1=Lieures|first1=Anthony|publisher=Le Parisien|date=8 September 2020|accessdate=2025-08-13}}</ref>
Since his 2020 election Hanotin has invested heavily in video surveillance, increasing the number of cameras in the city to 450 at a total cost of €6.7 million. In 2024 he introduced an algorithmic video surveillance system using artificial intelligence to analyse behaviour in public spaces; the project was announced without prior public consultation or deliberation. The chosen software reportedly allows real-time monitoring and analysis of various behaviours via biometric filters, although their use is limited by French law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.streetpress.com/sujet/1730128027-mairie-saint-denis-mathieu-hanotin-video-surveillance-algorithmique-logiciel-cameras-technologie-intelligence-artificielle|title=Sans demander, la mairie de Saint-Denis a imposé la vidéosurveillance algorithmique dans la ville|last1=Jusquiame|first1=Thomas|publisher=StreetPress|date=28 October 2024|accessdate=13 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/300724/en-catimini-saint-denis-achete-un-logiciel-de-surveillance-algorithmique|title=En catimini, Saint-Denis achète un logiciel de surveillance algorithmique|last1=Le Foll|first1=Clément|publisher=Mediapart|date=30 July 2024|accessdate=13 August 2025}}</ref>
==Awards and recognitions== ===Decorations=== * 40px Knight in the French Order of Merit: 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-denis_93066/mathieu-hanotin-maire-de-saint-denis-decore-de-l-ordre-national-du-merite_42119316.html|title=Décret du 29 janvier 2025 portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur|date=30 January 2021|accessdate=13 August 2025|language=French}}</ref> * 40px Knight of the French Legion of Honour: 2025<ref>{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/saint-denis_93066/mathieu-hanotin-maire-de-saint-denis-decore-de-l-ordre-national-du-merite_42119316.html|title=Mathieu Hanotin, maire de Saint-Denis, décoré de l'ordre national du Mérite|language=French|last1=Goth|first1=Dorine}}</ref>
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