Career
Ries had already been the mayor of Strasbourg (and the President of the Urban Community of Strasbourg) between June 1997 and January 2000, filling in for Catherine Trautmann (whose deputy he had been since 1989) after she had become Minister of Culture and Communication in the government of Lionel Jospin. Additionally, he served as the chairman of the Groupement des autorités responsables de transport (GART) from September 2008 until September 2014 and was elected president of the network of French cities Cités unies France in July 2014, for a duration of two years. Electoral mandates
Senate of France
Senator of Bas-Rhin: Since 2004.
Elected in 2004.
Regional council
Regional councillor of Alsace: 1996-2004 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998, 2004. Urban Community council
President of the Urban Community of Strasbourg: 1997-2001.
1st vice-président of the Urban Community of Strasbourg: Since 2008.
Vice-président of the Urban Community of Strasbourg: 1989-1997. Reelected in 1995. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008.
Municipal council
Mayor of Strasbourg: 1997-2000 / Since 2008. Reelected in 2008, 2014.
1st deputy-mayor of Strasbourg: 1989-1997.
Reelected in 1995. Municipal concillor of Strasbourg: Since 1983. Reelected in 1989, 1995, 2001, 2008.
Eurodistrict council
President of the Strasbourg-Ortenau Eurodistrict: since 2010.