Jean-François Caron (born 21 May 1957 in

Loos-en-Gohelle Loos-en-Gohelle (, ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography It is a former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184 m & 182 m) spo ...

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

) is a French politician and a member of

Europe Écologie–The Greens The Ecologists – Europe Ecology The Greens (), commonly known as The Ecologists (, LE) and formerly as Europe Ecology The Greens ( , EELV ) until 2023, is a centre-left to left-wing green political party in France. The party is a member of th ...

. He is Mayor of

since 2001, re-elected in 2008 with 82.09% of the vote by the first round. He was originally a member of the left-wing of

Ecology Generation Ecology Generation () is one of the four green parties in France, along with The Ecologists (), the Independent Ecological Movement (), and Cap Écologie. Founded in 1990 by Brice Lalonde, Environment Minister, upon the suggestion of President ...

, close to

Noël Mamère Noël Mamère (; born 25 December 1948) is a French journalist and former politician. He was the mayor of Bègles in Gironde from 1989 to 2017, as well as deputy to the French National Assembly for Gironde's 3rd constituency from 1997 to 201 ...

and finally joined the Greens in 1997. He was elected regional councillor in

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (; ; West Flemish: ''Nôord-Nauw van Kales'') was a former regions of France, administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new Regions of France, region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the ...

in 1992 and was the Greens' top candidate in the region in the 2004 regional election winning 6.28% of the vote. He is also vice president of the Agglomeration community of Lens - Liévin in charge of environmental affairs. In 2009, he was selected to be

' candidate in

for the 2010 regional elections.

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1957 births Living people Politicians from Pas-de-Calais Ecology Generation politicians Europe Ecology – The Greens politicians {{France-mayor-stub