{{short description|French politician}} {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Serge Letchimy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Serge Letchimy | image = Serge Letchimy.jpg | caption = | office1 = Deputy for [[Martinique's 3rd constituency]] in the [[National Assembly of France]] | term_end1 = 2 July 2021 | term_start1 = 20 June 2007 | predecessor1 = [[Philippe Edmond-Mariette]] | succeeded1 = [[Johnny Hajjar]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|1|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Gros-Morne, Martinique]] | education = [[Sorbonne University]] | party = [[Martinican Progressive Party|Martinican Progressive]] | parliamentary_group1 = [[Socialist group, associated (National Assembly)|Socialist (Associated)]] }} '''Serge Letchimy''' ({{IPA|fr|sɛʁʒ lɛtʃimi}}; born 13 January 1953) is a French politician who served in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] for [[Martinique's 3rd constituency]] from 2007 to 2021. He has been active in the politics of Martinique, where he has been mayor of [[Fort-de-France]] and [[List of presidents of the Regional Council of Martinique|president]] of the [[Regional Council of Martinique]]. He is the president of the [[Martinican Progressive Party]] and sat with the [[Socialists and affiliated group]] in the assembly.
==Early life and education== Serge Letchimy was born in [[Gros-Morne, Martinique]], on 13 January 1953.{{sfn|M. Serge Letchimy}} He graduated from [[Sorbonne University]] with a [[bachelor's degree]] in geography in 1984, and a doctorate in urban planning and strategy.{{sfn|First Official Visit of Serge Letchimy, Martinique's Highest Ranking Representative, to the United States|2013}}
==Career== Letchimy worked under Mayor [[Aimé Césaire]] as an urban planner and was personally close to Césaire. Letchimy succeeded Césaire as mayor of [[Fort-de-France]] in 2001. In 2005, Letchimy was elected president of the [[Martinican Progressive Party]]. In 2010, he became [[List of presidents of the Regional Council of Martinique|president]] of the [[Regional Council of Martinique]].{{sfn|First Official Visit of Serge Letchimy, Martinique's Highest Ranking Representative, to the United States|2013}}
[[Carnival]] festivals in Martinique were cancelled by Letchimy in 2009, due to the [[2009 French Caribbean general strikes]].{{sfn|Carnaval annulé en Martinique|2009}}
In the [[2007 French legislative election|2007 election]] Letchimy won a seat in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] from [[Martinique's 3rd constituency]]. He was reelected in [[2012 French legislative election|2012]] and [[2017 French legislative election|2017]] before resigning on 1 July 2021. He sat with the [[Socialists and affiliated group]]. During his tenure in the assembly he was a member of the Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs, and Cultural Affairs committees. He was president of the France-Bolivia parliamentary friendship group from 26 September 2012 to 20 June 2017.{{sfn|Fonctions}}
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===News=== * {{Cite news |date=20 February 2009 |title=Carnaval annulé en Martinique |work=[[Le Figaro]] |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2009/02/20/01011-20090220FILWWW00479-carnaval-annule-en-martinique.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708022956/https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2009/02/20/01011-20090220FILWWW00479-carnaval-annule-en-martinique.php |archive-date=8 July 2025 |ref={{harvid|Carnaval annulé en Martinique|2009}}}}
===Web=== * {{Cite web |date=30 August 2013 |title=First Official Visit of Serge Letchimy, Martinique's Highest Ranking Representative, to the United States |publisher=[[PR Newswire]] |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-official-visit-of-serge-letchimy-martiniques-highest-ranking-representative-to-the-united-states-221802871.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708024537/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-official-visit-of-serge-letchimy-martiniques-highest-ranking-representative-to-the-united-states-221802871.html |archive-date=8 July 2025 |ref={{harvid|First Official Visit of Serge Letchimy, Martinique's Highest Ranking Representative, to the United States|2013}}}} * {{Cite web |title=Fonctions |publisher=[[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA337483/fonctions?archive=oui |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241012091204/https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA337483/fonctions?archive=oui |archive-date=12 October 2024 |ref={{harvid|Fonctions}}}} * {{Cite web |title=M. Serge Letchimy |publisher=[[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA337483 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708022903/https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA337483 |archive-date=8 July 2025 |ref={{harvid|M. Serge Letchimy}}}}
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==External links== {{commons category}}
* [http://www.serge-letchimy.fr/ le site officiel de serge letchimy] * [http://www.ppm-martinique.fr Le site Internet officiel du PPM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516195718/http://www.ppm-martinique.fr/ |date=16 May 2020 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183443/http://www.lexpress.fr/info/france/dossier/domtom/dossier.asp?ida=430399 « L'alchimie Letchimy » Dossier de ''L'Express'', 11 novembre 2004] * [http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_cir/97203.asp page on the French National Assembly website]
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