Marylise Léon succeeds Laurent Berger at the head of the first French union

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She is the second woman to lead the union, after Nicole Notat, who led it from 1992 to 2002.

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Laurent Berger and Marylise Léon, during the demonstration against the pension reform of June 6, 2023, in Paris. (SAMUEL BOIVIN / NURPHOTO / AFP)

Number two of Laurent Berger since 2018, Marylise Léon finally sees her time coming. Aged 46, she was elected secretary general of the CDFT, Wednesday, June 21, unanimously by the national office of the first French union, she announced herself to the press. She succeeds Laurent Berger, in office since November 2012.

This handover took place during a day of debates and speeches at the Zenith in Paris. “We can be proud of what we have built during these 11 years of campaigning together”declared in his opening speech Laurent Berger in front of some 2,700 activists.

“Together, we have become the first trade union organization!”

Laurent Berger, former general secretary of the CDFT

during his speech

Marylise Léon embodies a form of continuity with Laurent Berger, who says he has agreed with her for at least a year and a half to hand over the baton to him in June 2023, even if he has not made the official and public announcement. as April 19. During his last demonstration as union leader, on June 6, Laurent Berger had also said to himself “very happy (…) to pass the torch to him”.


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