Alain Claeys (born 25 August 1948) is a French politician. He is a member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

, former

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Poitiers Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...

(2008-2020) and a former member of the

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for the first constituency of the

Vienne Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left The Socialists and affiliated group (french: groupe Socialistes et apparentés ) is a parliamentary group in the National Assembly including representatives of the Socialist Party (PS). History The first socialist parliamentary group emerged i ...

group in the

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. In 2013, as Mayor of Poitiers, he decides the sale of the Poitiers Theater and the destruction of this hall designed by the French architect Édouard Lardillier and built in 1954, in order to realize a commercial gallery and some flats, through a controversial real estate business.'' Centre Presse'' , 9 February 201

; « Rendre à Édouard Lardillier... »,

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...

, '' Centre Presse'', 10 December2013, http://www.centre-presse.fr/article-275253-rendre-a-edouard-lardillier.html ; '' Cedi Infos'' n°49, February 2014, http://www.cedifrance.com/infos/infos.htm ; 8 January 2015, http://www.7apoitiers.fr/enquete/1401/le-tribunal-administraif-devra-trancher-sur-la-valeur-reelle-de-l-ancien-theatre He graduated from the

University of Poitiers The University of Poitiers (UP; french: Université de Poitiers) is a public university located in Poitiers, France. It is a member of the Coimbra Group. It is multidisciplinary and contributes to making Poitiers the city with the highest studen ...

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1948 births Living people University of Poitiers alumni Socialist Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic {{France-politician-Socialist-stub