Jean-Marc Peillex

Jean-Marc Peillex (born 1 May 1954) is a French local and regional politician from the DVD / Union of Democrats and Independents / Les Républicains, currently serving as Mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and Conseiller Général of the canton of Saint-Gervais, later Conseiller Départemental of the newly formed canton Mont-Blanc in the department of Haute-Savoie. In May 2014 he was re-elected for 6 years (until 2020).

He became known nationally and internationally by his long campaign for a regulation of the access to Mont Blanc, the highest summit of the Alps, via the popular Goûter Route which lies within his municipality.

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