David Lisnard

About

Mayor of Cannes since 2014, who has also been vice president and spokesperson for the Association of Mayors of France since 2017. He has 20,000 followers on Instagram and 90,000 followers on Twitter.

Before Fame

He graduated from Cannes' Lycée Carnot then passed his baccalaureate at the Lycée Bristol and the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux. To finance his studies, he worked as a waiter, pontoon operator, and gas station attendant. He campaigned for Jacques Chirac in the presidential elections of 1988 and 1995.

Trivia

In his first term as mayor of Cannes, the city recorded a historic drop in debt.

Family Life

He comes from a family of Cannes fishermen going back to the 15th century. He was born in Limoges. His father Denis Lisnard was a professional soccer player and his mother was a ballet dancer. His great-grandfather Léon Lisnard built the Forville market located in the heart of the historic district of Cannes. His grandparents Raymond Lisnard and his wife ran the Cannes hotel The Azure Sun.

Associated With

At the Cannes Film Festival in 2013, he interacted with attendees Steven Spielberg and Nicole Kidman. At the 2011 G20 summit in Cannes, he met with President Barack Obama.