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Sophie Binet succeeds Philippe Martinez as CGT leader

On 31 March 2023, at the CGT's 53rd congress in Clermont-Ferrand, Sophie Binet was unexpectedly elected secretary-general, succeeding Philippe Martinez, who had led the union for two terms since 2015. She became the first woman to head the union since its founding in 1895.

Philippe Martinez (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 31 March 2023, at the CGT's 53rd congress in Clermont-Ferrand, Sophie Binet was unexpectedly elected secretary-general, succeeding Philippe Martinez, who had led the union for two terms since 2015. She became the first woman to head the union since its founding in 1895. Martinez's favoured successor, Marie Buisson, failed to win enough support.

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  • Philippe Martinez

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    Sophie Binet succeeds Philippe Martinez as CGT leader. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.lopinion.fr — sourcelopinion.fr · verified
  2. 2.franceinfo.frchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200 no redirect, claim: martinez+binet+cgt+2023 · verified
  3. 3.franceinfo.frchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200 no redirect, claim: martinez+binet+cgt+2023 · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Sophie Binet succeeds Philippe Martinez as CGT leader. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/binet-succeeds-martinez-cgt-2023-03-31

https://factrail.ai/facts/binet-succeeds-martinez-cgt-2023-03-31

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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