Rodolphe Alexandre
Rodolphe Alexandre is a French politician from French Guiana. 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. 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.
Early life
Having completed his secondary education at Felix Eboue High School, he obtained a Master of history and geography at the University of Bordeaux III.Political career
He joined the Guianese Socialist Party in 1983, when he became chief of staff in the General Council of Guyana. He was then elected a municipal councillor of Cayenne in 1989, and then became its first deputy mayor in 1995. In 2001 he became President of the Communauté d'agglomération du Centre Littoral in Cayenne, which he did until 2012. 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. In the 2007 French presidential election he supported Nicolas Sarkozy, but was expelled from the party in January 2008. 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. This prompted him to create his own movement, Guyane 73, which later became Guyane Rassemblement.In December 2015 he became President of the Regional Council of French Guiana, with 35 votes to 15.