Jean Auroux

Jean Auroux (2011)

Jean Auroux (born November 19, 1942 in Thizy , Département Rhône ) is a French politician of the Parti socialiste (PS), who was mayor of Roanne between 1977 and 2001 , a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1993 and was a minister several times. In 1988 he founded the Federation of Mayors of Medium-sized Towns FMVM (Fédération des aires des villes moyennes) , of which he became honorary president in 2008. Together with Jean-Pierre Chevènement , Marie-Noëlle Lienemann , Paul Quilès , Benoît Hamon and Emmanuel Maurel , he was one of the signatories of the Gauche avenir (Left Future) appeal in June 2007 and withdrew from political life in March 2008.

Life

Mayor and MP

Auroux, who was a professional teacher of technical training, began his political career when he was elected member of the General Council of the Loire Department as a candidate for the Parti socialiste in 1976 and was a member of it until 1988. A year later, in 1977, he succeeded Paul Pillet as mayor of Roanne, the third largest city in the Loire department, and held this position for 24 years until he was replaced by Yves Nicolin in 2001.

On April 3, 1978 he was elected for the first time in the constituency of Loire V as a member of the National Assembly and thus to the successor to Alain Terrenoire . He represented the constituency from the sixth to the ninth legislative period on April 1, 1993 and was also replaced in this function by Yves Nicolin. The mandate was suspended during his membership in the government.

Minister and State Secretary

On May 21, 1981, Auroux was appointed Minister of Labor (Ministre du travail) by Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy in his cabinet and held this position until June 29, 1982. During this time he presented several bills named after him, the so-called Lois Auroux , which significantly changed the labor law in France. Martine Aubry , who later became First Secretary of the Parti socialiste, was one of his collaborators in these legislative initiatives . As part of a cabinet reshuffle on June 29, 1982, the Ministry of Labor lost its independent status and Auroux served as Assistant Minister to the Minister of Social Affairs with responsibility for labor until March 23, 1983 (Ministre délégué auprès du ministre des affaires sociales, chargé du travail ) .

In a new government reshuffle, he took over the post of State Secretary for Energy (Secrétaire d'État, chargé de l'énergie) on March 23, 1983 and held this position until the end of Mauroy's term on July 17, 1984.

In the government of Mauroy's successor as Prime Minister, Laurent Fabius , he was first Secretary of State for Transport (Secrétaire d'État, chargé des transports) on July 23, 1984 , before becoming Minister for Urban Planning on September 20, 1985 when the Fabius cabinet was restructured , Transport and Housing (Ministre de l'urbanisme, des transports et du logement) and held this ministerial office until the end of Fabius' term on March 20, 1986.

Group leader of the PS and withdrawal from political life

During his tenure as Mayor of Roanne, he founded the Federation of Mayors of Medium-sized Cities FMVM (Fédération des aires des villes moyennes) in 1988 , of which he became honorary president in 2008.

In 1990 Auroux became chairman of the PS parliamentary group in the National Assembly and held this position until he left the National Assembly in 1993. After his tenure as Mayor of Roanne he was a member of the city council from 2001 to 2008. Together with Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Paul Quilès, Benoît Hamon and Emmanuel Maurel, he was one of the signatories of the Gauche avenir (Left Future) appeal in June 2007 . In it, the signatories from politics, trade unions, culture and social organizations called for an end to power struggles and rivalries within the political left and to redefine the “left future” and to enter into the necessary dialogue.

In March 2008 he withdrew from political life. On December 20, 2008 he was appointed Honorary Mayor of Roanne.

Auroux was convicted of illegal interest income in 2011. However, the Investigative Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Lyon (Cour d'appel de Lyon) suspended the conviction by decision of May 27, 2011.

Background literature

• Patrick Gobert: Jean Auroux, l'homme des lois: entretiens avec Patrick Gobert , Éditions du May 1, 2012, ISBN 978-2-84421-091-3

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly (VI legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly (VII legislative period)
• Entry on the website of the National Assembly (8th legislative period)
• Entry on the homepage of the National Assembly (IX legislative period)