Elected for 20 years in the Department of Seine-et-Marne, Olivier Morin returns his scarf

Friday February 28, 2025, he will carefully put away his tricolor scarf. At almost 78 years old, Olivier Morin decided to end his mandate as departmental advisor of the canton of Claye-Souilly in Seine-et-Marne.

A decision which is ultimately not a surprise, “during the last campaign, I warned my replacement that I would surely stop a year before the end of the mandate. But my doctors are asking me to take it easy now,” he confides. He who didn't see himself serving a mandate until he was 81, therefore hangs up a little early.

The mayor of Saint-Soupplets takes his place as departmental councilor

The departmental advisors are elected in pairs, Véronique Pasquier remains in her position as departmental advisor. The 1^is March 2025, and more officially during the next meeting of the Departmental Council in April, Stéphane Devauchelle will be installed in place of Olivier Morin.

“Stéphane has been my replacement since 2015. He is mayor of a city that is growing [Saint-Soupplets, NDLR]. We have worked well together from the start, I trust him,” assures Olivier Morin.

But before drawing a definitive line on his last mandate as a local elected official, Olivier Morin tours the greeting ceremonies of his canton to announce his decision and greet the elected officials and the inhabitants of the territory one last time.

“I want to stay in action”

By leaving his position at the Department, he is in fact relinquishing his position as president of Seine-et-Marne attractivenessthe agency responsible for tourism development of the department, as well as that of president ofAct’artthe cultural operator of the department in the form of an association.

Passionate about heritage, he was delegate for tourism within the Departmental Council, after having long been deputy for culture at the municipal council of Meaux.

I don't want to just be a president who presides, I want to stay in action and if I can't do that anymore, then I have to move on.

Elected in April 2004 for the first time general councilor of the canton of Meaux nordat a time when the territory and the City of Meaux were divided into two distinct zones, he continued with a second mandate, while the Right was in opposition. The Department is then chaired by Vincent Eble (PS).

In 2015, the cantons were redivided and Meaux was only one entity that the Right decided to leave to the outgoing general councilor of the southern canton, Jean-François Parigi. Olivier Morin is then a candidate in the canton of Claye-Souillywhich brings together several municipalities around Meaux. “It was a real challenge to be a candidate in this sector. And with Véronique Pasquier, we won this election,” explains Olivier Morin.

In 2020, the man who had also been deputy to the City of Meaux since 1995 gave way to the municipal council led by Jean-François Copé and, despite a first health scare, decided to go back to campaign for the Departmental Council the following year.

“I have always tried, through my knowledge and my connections, to mobilize to improve life in my canton. I pushed for several rural contracts, notably for renovations of churches or public buildings,” he assures.

And even if he was passionate about cultural activities, in town and in the villages, he is also very proud to have contributed to the extension and renovation of Frot college in Meaux in the early 2010s, such as having supported the creation of the Charny college.

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