Valérie Pécresse in mourning, she cries the death of a friend dear to her heart: “It's a shock”

This Sunday, January 26, Valérie Pécresse expressed her grief on her account X following the death of her friend, Nicolas Florian, at the age of 55 following a stroke.

Valérie Pécresse mourns the loss of one of the loved one. This Sunday, January 26, Nicolas Florian, former mayor Les Républicains de Bordeaux between 2019 and 2020, died at the age of 55 from a stroke (AVC) that occurred the day before. He had been hospitalized at the Palegrin CHU, before making his last breath “at the end of the morning ”according to AFP information. A tragic disappearance that upset her relatives, and in particular her friend Valérie Pécresse. On her X account, the president of the Ile-de-France regional council since 2015 expressed her sadness while sharing a photo of the politician.

“My friend Nicolas Florian left us brutally and it's a shock“She first wrote. Before continuing: “He had his city of Bordeaux in the heart and continued to want to serve it with all its energy.”Valérie Pécresse then sent a message to Nicolas Florian's family. “” “My most affectionate thoughts go to Hélène and Antoine, as well as all those who loved her“She concluded. Last week again, the one who succeeded Alain Juppé at the town hall of Bordeaux had brought together 400 people during his greeting ceremony for his candidacy in the next municipal elections of 2026.

Valérie Pécresse in mourning: Who was her friend Nicolas Florian?

Born March 29, 1969 in Marmande in the southwest of France, Nicolas Florian was passionate about rugby. A graduate in business law, it was in 1995 that he had made his debut in politics as a municipal councilor in Villenave-d'Ornon before becoming the trusted man of Alain Juppé. He had thus imposed himself in an essential personality of the Girondin right, becoming between 2002 and 2018, secretary of the Republicans. Before becoming mayor of Bordeaux in 2019, he had joined the city's municipal council in 2014. Remained faithful to his training, Nicolas Florian had come closer to Valérie Pécresse, president of the Ile de France region, of which he was secretary general assistant of his movement Free. He claimed a status of “proximity man “ and “Daily mayor“.