Gilbert Meyer (26 December 1941 – 21 September 2020) was a French politician who served as a

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in the

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from 1993 to 2007, and Mayor of Colmar from 1995 to 4 July 2020.

Biography

Meyer was born on 26 December 1941 in

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. From 1993 to 2007, Meyer was a member of the

for

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. On 1995, he became Mayor of Colmar. In May 2020, Meyer who had been diagnosed with cancer, suffered a stroke. On 4 July 2020, Éric Straumann was appointed to succeed him as mayor. He died on 21 September 2020 aged 78.

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