Jacques Gillot, b. 4 March 1948 in Gosier, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, was the

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of Guadeloupe. He has been chairing the General Council March 2001 to April 2015. Gillot was elected to the

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in 2004.Gillot's Senate website
/ref> He is also the founding member of the '' Guadeloupe Unie Socialisme and Réalités'' ("United Guadeloupe Socialism and Realities")

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. Gillot is a

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, is married and has three children.

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