Patrick Balkany
Patrick Balkany | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Levallois-Perret | |
| In office 19 March 2001 – 6 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier de Chazeaux |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Yves Cavallini (acting) |
| Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 5th constituency | |
| In office 1988–1997 | |
| Preceded by | (proportional representation) |
| Succeeded by | Olivier de Chazeaux |
| In office 2002–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Olivier de Chazeaux |
| Succeeded by | Céline Calvez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 August 1948 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
| Political party | The Republicans |
| Spouse | Isabelle Smadja |
| Children | 2 |
Patrick Balkany (born 16 August 1948 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French politician.
He is a former member of the National Assembly of France. He was representing the 5th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine department, and is a member of The Republicans. He served as mayor of Levallois-Perret, a wealthy suburb of Paris, since 1983, with his wife Isabelle as his deputy. He is also a long-time friend of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. He is of Hungarian, Latvian and Ukrainian Jewish origin.
In 2019, he was sentenced for tax evasion to four years in prison and to ten years of ineligibility, then dismissed from his mayor's mandate. Five months later he was released for health reasons. In february 2022, his sentence got reverted back to imprisonment due to multiple violations of his house arrest.