
Radio and television presenter Stéphane Bern, candidate in the complementary partial municipal elections in the village of Thiron-Gardais (Eure-et-Loir), where since 2013 he has owned the former royal and military college restored and transformed into a museum, a was elected, Sunday March 17, municipal councilor.
Three candidates were in the running this Sunday for three seats to be filled, in order to complete the municipal council in this Perche commune of a thousand inhabitants, following the resignation of mayor Victor Provôt at the start of the year. Stéphane Bern, 60, obtained 97.3% of the votes cast, with participation amounting to 45.3%. He was a municipal councilor in the 9th arrondissement of Paris from 1999 to 2001.
The election of the mayor must take place this week during a municipal council. The former first deputy and interim mayor, François Dordoigne, candidate for the mayor’s chair, is expected to be elected.
Long considered the “Mr. Heritage” public service thanks to its broadcasts such as History Secrets, the presenter who currently works on Europe 1 has been charged by the Elysée since 2017 with a mission for heritage. It is for this reason that it organizes an annual Heritage Lottery to finance the maintenance of monuments in danger.