Claude Prouvoyeur
French politician (1927–2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claude Prouvoyeur (5 January 1927 – 17 January 2018) was a French politician.
Quick Facts Senator from Nord, Preceded by ...
Claude Prouvoyeur | |
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Senator from Nord | |
In office 25 September 1983 – 1 October 1992 | |
Preceded by | Jean Varlet [fr] |
Mayor of Dunkirk | |
In office 18 September 1966 – 19 March 1989 | |
Preceded by | Paul Asseman [fr] |
Succeeded by | Michel Delebarre |
Personal details | |
Born | (1927-01-05)5 January 1927 Estourmel, France |
Died | 17 January 2018(2018-01-17) (aged 91) Dunkirk, France |
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Born in 1927, Prouvoyeur was raised in Cateau.[1] He moved to Dunkirk and began teaching at Lycée Jean-Bart in the late 1950s. Prouvoyeur was named deputy mayor of the commune in charge of finance in 1965, and assumed the mayoralty upon the death of Paul Asseman [fr].[2] While the mayor of Dunkirk, Prouvoyeur concurrently served in multiple positions on the Nord regional council. He was elected to the Senate in 1983 as a representative for Nord, yielding the mayorship of Dunkirk to Michel Delebarre in 1989.[3] Prouvoyeur left the Senate in 1992, and died at the age of 91 on 17 January 2018.[4]