Michel Vauzelle

Michel Vauzelle
President of the Regional Council
of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
In office
23 March 1998 – 18 December 2015
Preceded byJean-Claude Gaudin
Succeeded byChristian Estrosi
Mayor of Arles
In office
18 June 1995 – 15 March 1998
Preceded byJean-Paul Camoin
Succeeded byPaolo Toeschi
Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice
In office
2 April 1992 – 29 March 1993
PresidentFrançois Mitterrand
Prime MinisterPierre Bérégovoy
Preceded byHenri Nallet
Succeeded byPierre Méhaignerie
Deputy of the National Assembly
for Bouches-du-Rhône
In office
20 June 2007 – 20 June 2017
Preceded byRoland Chassain
Succeeded byMonica Michel
Constituency16th
In office
12 June 1997 – 19 June 2002
Preceded byThérèse Aillaud
Succeeded byRoland Chassain
Constituency16th
In office
2 April 1986 – 2 May 1992
Preceded byProportional representation
Succeeded byFrançois Bernardini
ConstituencyAt-large (1986–1988)
16th (1988–1992)
Personal details
Born (1944-08-15) 15 August 1944 (age 80)
Montélimar, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materSciences Po
ProfessionLawyer, politician

Michel Vauzelle (born 15 August 1944)[1] is a French politician who served as Keeper of the Seals of France, Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy from 1992 to 1993. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he also served as Mayor of Arles from 1995 to 1998 and President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 1998 until 2015.

A native of Montélimar, Vauzelle was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bouches-du-Rhône from 1986 to 1992 and again from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2017. He was first elected at-large (1986–1988), before representing the department's 16th constituency. In 2007, he defeated Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) incumbent Roland Chassain who had previously defeated him in 2002. Vauzelle, who had a narrower victory against a National Front (FN) candidate in 2012,[2] did not contest the 2017 legislative election, in which the seat was won by Monica Michel of La République En Marche! (LREM), a first-time candidate.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "M. Michel Vauzelle – Mandat clos – Bouches-du-Rhône (16e circonscription) – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Législatives : Chassain se désiste en faveur du FN", Le Point (in French), 11 June 2012.
  3. ^ Granting the Decoration of the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle to thirty-one citizens of the French Republic - website of the Official Journal of the Federation (Mexico)


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