Jean-François Picheral (born 26 February 1934, in
Nîmes
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) is a French
Socialist
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politician. He served as a member of
Mayor
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of
Aix-en-Provence
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from 1989 to 2001, and as a
French Senator from 1998 to 2008.
Biography
He was born on February 26, 1934.
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/ref> He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre
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(1910-1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator from 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor
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of Marseille
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from 1953 to 1986.
He worked as a radiologist
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.[Une ville où l'on cultive l'art de retourner sa veste](_blank)
''La Provence
''La Provence'' is a French language daily newspaper published in Marseille, France.
History and profile
In 1997 ''La Provence'' was created in Marseille from the merger of two daily newspapers, '' Le Provençal'' of former Interior Minister Ga ...
'', July 06, 2009[Picheral est-il invincible ?](_blank)
, ''Le Point
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History and profile
''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...
'', January 12, 2001[Richard de Vendeuil]
Trois fois Picheral
''L'Express'', November 09, 2000
A Socialist, he served as Mayor
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of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as French Senator from 1998 to 2008.[Pierre Martin, ''Les élections municipales en France: depuis 1945'', La Documentation Française, 2001, p. 21]
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References
1934 births
Living people
People from Nîmes
Socialist Party (France) politicians
French Senators of the Fifth Republic
Mayors of Aix-en-Provence
French radiologists
Senators of Bouches-du-Rhône
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