Jean-Claude Gayssot (born 6 September 1944, in Béziers, Hérault) is a French politician. A member of the

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(PCF), he was

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in the government of

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of the

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from 1997 to 2002. He gave his name to the 1990 ''

Gayssot Act The Gayssot Act or Gayssot Law (french: Loi Gayssot), enacted on 13 July 1990, makes it an offence in France to question the existence or size of the category of crimes against humanity as defined in the London Charter of 1945, on the basis of wh ...

'' repressing

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and speech in favor of

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. He is also responsible for the Act on

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(loi SRU), which imposes a 20% housing projects limit in each town lest they pay a penalty fine, in an attempt to struggle against spatial

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( Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the wealthiest communes of France, is an often cited example of a commune which prefers to pay rather than respect the limit).

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1944 births Living people People from Béziers Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) Transport ministers of France French Communist Party politicians Officiers of the Légion d'honneur {{France-politician-PCF-stub