Jean ROTTNER

Biographie

Jean ROTTNER was vice-president of the Grand Est Region responsible for regional competitiveness and digital affairs. Following the resignation of Philippe RICHERT he was elected president of the Grand Est Region in October 2017.

He is also senior deputy mayor of the city of Mulhouse whose mayor he has been from 2010 to 2017. Furthermore he is community advisor of Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération.
In his capacity as the representative of the Association of French Regions he was appointed by decree as member of the supervisory board of SNCF (from February 2018 to January 2020) and as board member of the National Agency for Urban Renewal (ANRU).

Besides he is chairman of the National Federation of Urban Planning Agencies (FNAU) since September 2014.

Jean ROTTNER was born in 1967. As a medical doctor he has been a hospital practitioner in emergency medicine at the Mulhouse hospital complex (1997-2005) before becoming head of it’s Centre for Emergency Medicine from 2005 to 2009.

Already appointed Knight of the National Order of Merit of the Republic of France since 2011, he was raised to the rank of a Knight of the Légion d’Honneur at the promotion on July 14th, 2018.