Hervé Neau had been elected Mayor by the rezets in July 2020.
Le Monde with AFP
The emotion has won the town of Rezé, near Nantes. Hervé Neau, the mayor of the city of 42,000 inhabitants, committed suicide by hanging inside the town hall, learned Friday the France-Press agency (AFP) with the prosecutor of Nantes.
“Suicide is no doubt: he left letters for his loved ones and instruction for funeral”, “AFP told the Nantes prosecutor. The judicial police have been seized of the investigation, according to the floor.
Hervé Neau, 58, had been elected Mayor of Rezé in July 2020, after driving the list “Rezé Citizen”, Can we read on the site of the town hall , which has set up a psychological cell for Municipal agents and elected officials.
Emotion in the political world
The former mayor of Nantes and former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, quoted by West-France , testified to its “great sadness after the announcement of the death of Hervé Neau,” his “solidarity with his family, elected officials and all the rezets “.
“Terrible and upsetting news. Hervé Naue was a hired and exemplary mayor. I think of his loved ones, and also to the entire municipal team and the agents of Rezé,” wrote on Twitter the member for Maine-et- Loire Matthieu Orphan.
“All my thoughts go to his family, the elected officials and the inhabitants of the city of Rezé,” Tweeted the member for Loire-Atlantique Valérie Oppelt.