Jean-Claude Gaudin
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France
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politician. He has been Mayor of Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
since 1995 and Vice-President of the Senate since 1998; additionally, he has been Vice-President of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
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(UMP) since 2002.
Early life
Gaudin was born on 8 October 1939 in Mazargues, in southern Marseille. In 1965, he was enrolled in the military serviceMilitary service
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where he served briefly. Upon graduation from university, he became a professor of history
History
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and geography
Geography
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for 15 years at Saint-Joseph College in Marseille. He was elected on the list of centrist and socialist politicians known as the “Removes iron-Rastoin” against the Gaullist
Gaullism
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party Union for the New Republic (UNR). He was subsequently elected in a local election and became one of the youngest members of the town council of Marseille. He was re-elected again in 1971.
National Assembly
In 1974, he took part in the presidential campaign of Valéry Giscard d'EstaingValéry Giscard d'Estaing
Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing is a French centre-right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981...
. In 1978, he won his first election for the French National Assembly
French National Assembly
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as the candidate in the 2nd district of the Rhône
Rhône River
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delta. He beat the outgoing socialist deputy, Charles-Emile Loo, with 53.7% of the votes cast. In June 1981, he won reelection. He then became president of the Union for French Democracy
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
(UDF) group to the French National Assembly.
In 1986, he was given the responsibility for the executive of Provence the Alps Rivieras. On April 25, 1986, he became president of the first regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...
elected by direct vote. In 1988, after the dissolution of the French National Assembly, he was again re-elected, for the 4th time, deputy of the Rhone delta for 2nd district of Marseilles, with 60.63% of the votes cast. His presidency of the UDF Group to the French National Assembly was also renewed.
Senate
In September 1989, he was a candidate for the senatorial elections and won the district. In 1992, the renewal of the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur enlisted much media interest. He then had to face the growing power of Jean-Marie Le PenJean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
and the Front National
Front National (France)
The National Front is a political party in France. The party was founded in 1972, seeking to unify a variety of French far-right currents of the time. Jean-Marie Le Pen was the party's first leader and the undisputed centre of the party from its start until his resignation in 2011...
. At the end of a violent and difficult campaign, he carried the vote again, beating Bernard Tapie
Bernard Tapie
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and Jean-Marie Le Pen. He was also re-elected president of the regional council on March 27, 1992.
Mayor of Marseille
In 1983, Gaudin tried to unseat Gaston DefferreGaston Defferre
Gaston Defferre was a French socialist politician.-Biography:Lawyer and member of the French Section of the Workers' International political party, he was a member of the Brutus Network, a Resistance Socialist group during World War II...
as Mayor of Marseilles, and lost for a handful of votes. In 1989, he was expected to win against Defferre's successor Robert Vigouroux
Robert Vigouroux
Robert Vigouroux is a French politician and writer. He was the Mayor of Marseille, the second largest city in France, from 1986 to 1995, and a French Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhone from 1989 to 1998.-Biography:...
, but lost again. In 1995, Gaudin stood for the post of Mayor along with maintaining his position as a senator. He won with an absolute majority of 55 City council men out of 101 and was installed as Mayor of Marseilles on June 25, 1995. On November 7, 1995, on a proposal from Alain Juppé
Alain Juppé
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, the President of the Republic Jacques Chirac
Jacques Chirac
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named Jean-Claude Gaudin Minister for Integration and City and Regional Planning. On July 14, 1997, he was made Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
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.
On October 6, 1998, he became Vice-President of the Senate. He was re-elected Mayor of Marseilles again on March 25, 2001 as well as March 16, 2008, and president of the Urban Community Marseilles Provence Métropole on April 11. On October 3, 2001, Jean-Claude Gaudin was re-elected as Vice-President of the Senate for a second time. In 2004, he was re-elected for a third time as Vice-President of the Senate.
In 2004, Gaudin was interim president of the UMP after Alain Juppé
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé is a French politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010 to 2011...
stepped down and before Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy
Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....
was elected.
Political career
Governmental functionMinister of Land Management, City and Integration : 1995-1997.
Electoral mandates
National Assembly of France
President of the Union for French Democracy
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
Group in the National Assembly : 1981-1989 (Resignation, became senator in 1989). Elected in 1981, reelected in 1986, 1988.
Member of the National Assembly of France for Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...
: 1978-1989 (Resignation, became senator in 1989). Elected in 1978, reelected in 1981, 1986, 1988.
Senate of France
President of the UMP
UMP
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Group in the Senate of France : Since 2011.
Vice-president of the Senate : Since 1998. Reelected in 2001, 2004, 2008.
Senator of Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...
: 1989-1995 (Became minister in 1995) / Since 1998. Elected in 1989, reelected in 1998, 2008.
Regional Council
President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...
: 1986-1998. Reelected in 1992.
Regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur or PACA is one of the 27 regions of France.It is made up of:* the former French province of Provence* the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin...
: 1986-1998. Reelected in 1992.
General Council
General councillor of Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhône River. It is the most populous department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Its INSEE and postal code is 13.-History of the department:...
: 1982-1988.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
: Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
Municipal councillor of Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
: 1965-1977 / Since 1983. Reelected in 1971, 1983, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2008.
Mayor of the 6th and 8th arrondissements of Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
(4th sector) : 1983-1989.
Councillor of the 6th and 8th arrondissements of Marseille
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
(4th sector) : 1983-1989.
Urban community Council
President of the Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole
Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole
The Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Marseille and some of its suburbs....
: 1995-2008. Reelected in 2001.
Vice-president of the Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole
Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole
The Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Marseille and some of its suburbs....
: Since 2008.
Member of the Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole
Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole
The Urban Community of Marseille Provence Métropole is the intercommunal structure gathering the city of Marseille and some of its suburbs....
: Since 1995. Reelected in 2001, 2008.
Political function
President of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
: July-November 2004 / May-July 2007
Vice-president of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
: 2007-2009