Louis Mermaz (born 20 August 1931 in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

) is a French politician.

Early life

He became an ally of

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in the late 1950s and in 1971 became a member of Mitterrand's staff in the

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. In 1967, he was elected Deputy of

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in the first government of socialist

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, before his election to Presidency of the National Assembly. He served in this office to 1986. He served as

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from 1990 to 1992, and Minister of Relations with Parliament in the Bérégovoy government from 1992 to 1993.Fact sheet: Interview with Louis Mermaz on the reform of the CAP in 1992
/ref> He is also Government's spokesperson in the same cabinet. From 2001 to 2011, he was senator of Isère.

References

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