Gilles Simeoni

Gilles Simeoni
Gilles Simeoni in 2016
President of the Executive Council of Corsica
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 December 2015
Preceded by	Paul Giacobbi
Mayor of Bastia
In office 5 April 2014 – 7 January 2016
Preceded by	Émile Zuccarelli
Succeeded by	Pierre Savelli
Personal details
Born	(1967-04-20) 20 April 1967 (age 57) Bastia, Corsica, France
Political party	Femu a Corsica
Parent	Edmond Simeoni (father)
Education	University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli
Profession	Lawyer

Gilles Simeoni (French pronunciation: [ʒil simeɔni], Corsican: [simɛˈɔni]; born 20 April 1967) is a lawyer and politician in Corsica, France. He was mayor of Bastia from 2014 to 2016 and has been president of the executive council of Corsica since 2015. Notably, Simeoni served as the Corsican nationalist Yvan Colonna's lawyer at his trial for the assassination of Claude Érignac.