Jean Veillet (born 14 March 1901 in

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

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Côte-d'Or Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

and local politician, he was mayor of Dijon and president of the Departmental Council of Côte-d'Or.

Biography

Born in Dijon in 1901, Jean Veillet is a doctor of medicine in 1924, graduated from the Faculty of

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. Successively head of clinic, doctor of the hospitals then head of service, he is also in charge of course of therapeutic at the school of medicine from 1945 to 1964. During the

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, he engages in the

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as head of health services. He is then regional delegate of the

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(CNR) as well as of the Committee of Social Works of Organizations of the Resistance (COSOR). These responsibilities during the war led him to politics, along with his medical and hospital activities: in 1945, he joined the Côte-d'Or Departmental Council. President of the Departmental Commission, then of the Finance Committee, he became president of

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in 1966. In 1968, on the death of the famous

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Kir, deputy mayor of Dijon, Jean Veillet, then deputy, replaces him at the head of the town hall for a short period of three years. In 1971, not standing in the municipal elections, he left the place to the promising

Robert Poujade Robert Poujade (6 May 1928 – 8 April 2020), born in Moulins, Allier, was a French politician. He was the first French Minister of the Environment and was mayor of Dijon from 1971 to 2001. Biography The son of a professor of literatur ...

, recent MP and occupying the new

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, Development and Sustainable Development. Jean Veillet, however, continues to preside over the General Council until his withdrawal from politics in 1975. During his tenure as mayor, the "Dr. Veillet"The Dijonnais used to call their mayor by his professional title. took on many health and social tasks, his favorite areas.

Elective functions

* General Councilor of Côte-d'Or from 1945 to 1975 * President of the General Council of Côte-d'Or of 1966

Notes and references

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veillet, Jean 1901 births 1985 deaths French Resistance members Physicians from Dijon Mayors of Dijon University of Lyon alumni Veillette family