André Aschieri (8 March 1937 – 6 December 2021) was a French politician. He served as

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Mouans-Sartoux Mouans-Sartoux (; known in Occitan language, Occitan as ''Moans e Sartòu'' or ''Moans e Sartol'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. The inhabitants are called Moua ...

from 1974 to 2015, was a member of the

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from 1997 to 2002, and was Vice-President of Land and Housing of the

Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur The Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ( French: ''Conseil régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur'') is the deliberative assembly of the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. The regional council is made up of 123 regional c ...

from 2004 to 2015. He was the founder of the and was a member of the

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Biography

Aschieri carried out his

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in the

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from 1960 to 1962. Beginning his career as a math teacher, he was elected to the Municipal Council of Mouans-Sartoux in

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. He became mayor in 1974 and was continuously re-elected in the first round of each election. As mayor, he became Vice-President of the upon its foundation in 2001. From the end of the 1980s until the project's abandonment in the late 1990s, Aschieri supported the expansion of the

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through

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and the . In the 1990s, he opposed a large real estate project around the

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and largely contributed to the reopening of the . On 22 March 1992, he was elected to the

, although he resigned in 1995. Aschieri was elected to the National Assembly in Alpes-Maritimes's 9th constituency on 1 June 1997 as part of

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(LV). While in office, he created the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire (AFSSET), inspired by the creation of the and the

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. He became Vice-President of AFSSET in 2003. He was particularly interested in the impacts of electromagnetic radiation on human health and the environment. In

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, he was defeated in the second round by

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candidate

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. Aschieri was again elected to the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in 2004 and took part in the creation of the . He was re-elected in 2010 and served as Vice-President of Land and Housing. He therefore resigned as Vice-President of the Pôle Azur Provence. He was also defeated in the 2007 legislative election again by Tabarot, who won in the first round. Aschieri was a candidate in the

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as part of the

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group, but failed to gain a seat. In

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, he ran for the National Assembly as a candidate in Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency. He qualified for the second round against , but was narrowly defeated. However, he was re-elected as mayor of Mouans-Sartoux in

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with 70.41% of the vote, becoming Vice-President of the

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. However, he resigned from this post in May 2015, citing health reasons. His son, Pierre, succeeded him as mayor and was re-elected in

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with 76.86% of the vote. André Aschieri died in Mouans-Sartoux on 6 December 2021 at the age of 84.

Publications

*''La France toxique'' (1999) *''Propositions pour un renforcement de la sécurité sanitaire environnementale : rapport au Premier ministre'' (1999) *''Alerte sur les portables'' (2001) *''Silence, on intoxique !'' (2005) *''Mon combat contre les empoisonneurs'' (2010)

Distinctions

* (1982) *Knight of the

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(1985) *Commander of the

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(2012) *Officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

(2013)

References

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