Jean-Marie Zoellé
Jean-Marie Zoellé (born November 16, 1944 in Sierentz ; † April 6, 2020 in Bonn ) was a French local politician and from 2011 mayor of Saint-Louis in the Haut-Rhin department .
Life
Zoellé has been Deputy Mayor under Jean Ueberschlag , Mayor of Saint-Louis , since 1989 . When Ueberschlag resigned in 2011, Zoellé took over his office. Most recently, Zoellé was re-elected in the local elections on March 15, 2020 with 84.03% of the votes cast in the first ballot. Zoellé himself had described holding the local elections as a mistake in view of the COVID-19 pandemic in France .
Soon after, Zoellé fell ill with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and was treated in a hospital in Mulhouse . On March 28, he was transferred from there to Germany to the St. Petrus Hospital in Bonn . He died there on April 6th at the age of 75 as a result of COVID-19 .
Zoellé was married and had children.
Web links
- Jean-Marie Zoellé, le maire de Saint-Louis, est décédé à Bonn , April 6, 2020, l'Alsace
- Maire von Saint-Louis died of the coronavirus - Jean-Marie Zoellé was a prominent politician in Alsace , April 6, 2020, bz - newspaper for the Basel region
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès de Jean-Marie Zoellé: les Amis de Saint-Louis, à Lectoure, se disent "en deuil". In: Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace . April 8, 2020, accessed April 8, 2020 (French).
- ^ Saint-Louis: Jean-Marie Zoellé réélu , March 15, 2020, l'Alsace
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zoellé, Jean-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French local politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sierentz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2020 |
| Place of death | Bonn , Germany |