Jean-Louis Fousseret (born 23 December 1946) is a French politician. A member of

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, Fousseret was Governor of the

Canton of Besançon-Planoise The Canton of Besançon-Planoise is a former administrative division in the departement of Doubs and in Franche-Comté region. It had 20,407 inhabitants (2012).Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

of the district of

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and president of

Grand Besançon Métropole Grand Besançon Métropole is the urban community, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Besançon. It is located in the Doubs department, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, northeastern France. It was created in December 2000 ...

from 2001 to 2020.

Biography

Fousseret was born in the French city of Besançon (

Doubs Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

). A technician in microtechnology, he graduated from the watchmaking school of Besançon and worked in the computer industry from 1967 to 1997. His political career began when he entered the municipal politics of Besançon in 1983, and he was elected Governor of the Canton of Besançon-Planoise in 1988. On 1 June 1997, Fousseret became a Member of Parliament for the district of Doubs, and a member of the

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. In 2001, he was elected mayor of Besançon and Governor of the agglomerated community of Besançon, and relinquished his technician post. Since being elected mayor, Fousseret has made improvements to the city, such as registering the Citadelle of Besançon as part of the

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. Fousseret is also Vice-President of the Association of mayors of major cities of France and the LGV Rhin-Rhône association. Close to the

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, Jean-Louis Fousseret was appointed president of the training institute of

in July 2018.

Mandates

; General council of Besançon * Since 1983: Municipal council * 1983-1989: Adjunct of the mayor Robert Schwint posted to life of the areas of Besançon; * 1989-1995: Adjunct of the mayor posted to

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and at the association life; * 1997-2001: Municipal council; * 2001-2020: Mayor of Besançon ; Grand Besançon Métropole * 2001-2020: President ; General council of Doubs * 1988 - 2001: Governor of the Canton of Besançon-Planoise ; Parliament * 1997 - 2002: Member of Parliament of the first district of the Doubs

References

* Valentin Bontemps, « Jean-Louis Fousseret : être trop discret est un défaut », ''

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'', 15 septembre 2005 (l'expresse newspaper, 15 September 2005) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fousseret, Jean-Louis 1946 births Living people Planoise Politicians from Besançon Knights of the Legion of Honour Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Mayors of places in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Renaissance (French political party) politicians