Jean-Claude Gaudin
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Jean-Claude Gaudin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ klod ɡodɛ̃]; born 8 October 1939) is a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.
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Jean-Claude Gaudin | |
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Vice President of the French Senate | |
In office 8 October 2014 – 22 September 2017 | |
President | Gérard Larcher |
Succeeded by | Valérie Létard |
In office 6 October 1998 – 28 March 2011 | |
President | Christian Poncelet Gérard Larcher |
Leader of Union for a Popular Movement in the Senate | |
In office 8 March 2011 – 1 October 2014 | |
Preceded by | Gérard Longuet |
Succeeded by | Bruno Retailleau |
Senator of Bouches-du-Rhône | |
In office 1 October 1998 – 22 September 2017 | |
Succeeded by | Anne-Marie Bertrand |
Mayor of Marseille | |
In office 25 June 1995 – 4 July 2020 | |
Preceded by | Robert Vigouroux |
Succeeded by | Michèle Rubirola |
Minister of the City | |
In office 7 November 1995 – 2 June 1997 | |
President | Jacques Chirac |
Prime Minister | Alain Juppé |
Preceded by | Bernard Pons |
Succeeded by | Dominique Voynet |
Personal details | |
Born | (1939-10-08) 8 October 1939 (age 84) Marseille, France |
Political party | The Republicans (2015-present) |
Other political affiliations | National Centre of Independents and Peasants (1965-1973) Independent Republicans (1973-1977) Republican Party (1977-1997) Union for French Democracy (1997-2002) Union for a Popular Movement (2002-2015) |
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He was a member of the National Assembly of France from Bouches-du-Rhône from 1978 to 1989 and has been a member of the French Senate from 1989 to 1995 and again from 1998. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Minister of Territorial Development in Alain Juppé's Second Cabinet.
He served as Vice-President of the Senate from 1998 to 2011; as Vice-President of UMP 2002–2007 and as one of several Vice-Presidents for UMP 2013–2014.