Jean Grenet (12 July 1939 – 23 February 2021) was a member of the

National Assembly of France The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

. He represented the

Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlanti ...

department, and was a member of the Radical Party. He was born to politician in

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...

; both served as mayor of the town (Henri from 1959 to 1995, Jean from 1995 to 2014). His first wife Michou was the daughter of Jean Dauger, a French international in

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

and one of the greats of Aviron Bayonnais, where Grenet served as club president (again following in the footsteps of his father in the role). His son François Grenet played as a professional footballer with clubs including

Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux ( oc, Girondins de Bordèu) or simply Bordeaux, is a French professional football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The ...

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1939 births 2021 deaths People from Bayonne Mayors of places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine Union for a Popular Movement politicians Radical Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French Basque politicians French surgeons Knights of the Legion of Honour French rugby union chairmen and investors {{France-politician-UMP-stub