Noël Mamère (French pronunciation: [nɔɛl mamɛʁ]; born 25 December 1948) is a French journalist and politician. He was the mayor of Bègles in Gironde as well as deputy to the French National Assembly for that constituency. He was for several years a member of the party Europe Écologie–The Greens, but left it in late September 2013.

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Noël Mamère
Noël Mamère in 2006
Member of the French National Assembly for Gironde's 3rd constituency
In office 1 June 1997 – 20 June 2017
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Barran
Succeeded by	Loïc Prud'homme
Mayor of Bègles
In office 20 March 1989 – 29 June 2017
Preceded by	Bernard Moncla
Succeeded by	Clément Rossignol Puech
Member of the European Parliament for France
In office 19 July 1994 – 11 August 1997
Parliamentary group	Green
Member of the Aquitaine Regional Council for Gironde
In office 23 March 1992 – 25 October 1994
Personal details
Born	(1948-12-25) 25 December 1948 (age 75) Libourne, Gironde, France
Political party	GE (1990–1994) CES (1994–1998) LV (1998–2010) EELV (2010–2013) Génération.s (2017–2018)
Profession	Journalist

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Noël Mamère rose to fame in the 1980s as a journalist and anchorman, in particular on Antenne 2.

In 1992, he became president of Brice Lalonde's Ecology Generation party, from which he was expelled in 1994. He then founded "Ecology-Solidarity Convergences", of which he was president, before joining Les Verts in 1998.

In 2002, he was presidential candidate and garnered 5.25% of the votes.

On 5 June 2004, whilst mayor of Bègles, he stirred up controversy by conducting a marriage ceremony for a male homosexual couple, nine years before same-sex marriage became legal in France.^[1] The marriage was annulled by the courts on 27 July 2004.^[2] The couple appealed to the European Court of Human Rights, who ultimately upheld the annullment in 2016, but acknowledged that, by then, it was now legal for them to get married.^[3][4]

Electoral mandates

European Parliament

Member of European Parliament : 1994–1997 (Resignation, elected in the National Assembly of France). Elected in 1994.

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly of France for Gironde : 1997–2017. Elected in 1997, reelected in 2002, 2007, 2012.

Regional Council

Regional councillor of Aquitaine : 1992–1994 (Resignation) / March 1998 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Bègles : 1989–2017. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008, 2014.

Municipal councillor of Bègles : 1989–2017. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008, 2014.

Urban community Council

Vice-president of the Urban Community of Bordeaux : 1989–2001. Reelected in 1995.

Member of the Urban Community of Bordeaux : 1989–2001. Reelected in 1995.