Jean-François Picheral

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Jean-François Picheral
Born26 February 1934 (1934-02-26) (age 90)
Nîmes, France
Occupation(s)Radiologist
Politician
Political partySocialist Party
RelativesGaston Defferre

Jean-François Picheral (born 26 February 1934 in Nîmes) is a French Socialist politician. He served as a member of Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as a French Senator from 1998 to 2008.

Biography[edit]

He was born on 26 February 1934.[1] He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator from 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor of Marseille from 1953 to 1986.[2]

He worked as a radiologist.[1][3][4][5]

A Socialist, he served as Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as French Senator from 1998 to 2008.[1][3][4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c French Senate
  2. ^ Gérard Unger, Gaston Defferre, Paris: Fayard, 2011
  3. ^ a b Une ville où l'on cultive l'art de retourner sa veste, La Provence, July 06, 2009
  4. ^ a b Picheral est-il invincible ? Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, Le Point, January 12, 2001
  5. ^ a b Richard de Vendeuil, Trois fois Picheral, L'Express, November 09, 2000
  6. ^ Pierre Martin, Les élections municipales en France: depuis 1945, La Documentation Française, 2001, p. 213 [1]
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Aix-en-Provence
1989-2001
Succeeded by