Claude Bartolone (; born 1951) is a Tunisian-born French politician who was

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of the National Assembly of France from 2012 to 2017. A member of the

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, he was first elected to the National Assembly, representing the

Seine-Saint-Denis () is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobig ...

department, in 1981. He served in the government as Delegate Minister for the City from 1998 to 2002, and he was President of the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council from 2008 to 2012.

Biography

Early life

He was born on 29 July 1951 in

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, Tunisia. His mother was from

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and his father from

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; both his parents were working-class.« J'ai dit à l'élève Bartolone : Vous devriez viser plus haut »
, '' Le Parisien'', June 26, 2012Paul de Coustin
La prof qui a poussé Bartolone à entrer au lycée
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'', June 26, 2012 At the age of nine, he moved to

Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Le Pré-Saint-Gervais (; simply known by locals as Le Pré, i.e. "the meadow") is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. With a density of 25,643 inhabitants per square kilometres as of 20 ...

in France and grew up in a

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.François-Xavier Bourmaud
Bartolone, de la Seine-Saint-Denis au perchoir
''Le Figaro'', June 21, 2012 After he was encouraged by a teacher named Marie-Thérèse Thoullieux not to get a professional degree, he attended the Lycée Turgot in Paris. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

Career

Local mandates

He was a municipal councillor of Le Pré-Saint-Gervais from 1977 to 1983, and from 1995 to 2008. He served as Deputy Mayor of

from 1977 to 1983, from June to October 1995, as Mayor from 1995 to 1998, and again as Deputy Mayor from 2001 to 2008. He was also municipal councillor of

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from 1983 to 1989. He served as Seine-Saint-Denis general councillor from 1979 to 1992, and has served again since 2008. From 1985 to 1992, he served as

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of the Seine-Saint-Denis General Council, and as president from 2008 to 2012. From 1998 to 2002, he served as regional councillor of Ile-de-France.

National mandates

He served as a member of the National Assembly for the sixth district, encompassing

from 1981 to 1998. From 1998 to 2002, he served as Delegate Minister for the City. Since 2002, he has served as member of the National Assembly again. Following the June 2012 parliamentary election, in which the Socialist Party won a parliamentary majority, Bartolone was designated as the Socialist candidate for the post of President of the National Assembly. In the vote, held on 26 June 2012, Bartolone was accordingly elected to the post, receiving 298 votes against 185 votes for the

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. In April 2013, he received a menacing letter containing ammunition powder, suggesting he should stop supporting

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Personal life

He is married, in a second marriage, with Véronique Ragusa, a parliamentary collaborator. He resides in a 320 square metre mansion on the outskirts of Paris.

Honours

Foreign Honours

* : Grand Cross of the

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(19/11/2012)Italian Presidency website
Sig. Claude Bartolone
(Presidente dell'Assemblea Nazionale ) - Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana

References

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