Georges Sarre
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Georges Sarre | |
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Mayor of the 11th arrondissement of Paris | |
In office 3 July 1995 – 29 March 2008 | |
Preceded by | Alain Devaquet |
Succeeded by | Patrick Bloche |
Member of the National Assembly for Paris's 6th constituency | |
In office 2 April 1993 – 18 June 2002 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Yves Autexier |
Succeeded by | Danièle Hoffman-Rispal |
Personal details | |
Born | Chénérailles, France | 26 November 1935
Died | 31 January 2019 Paris, France | (aged 83)
Political party | Citizen and Republican Movement |
Georges Sarre (26 November 1935 – 31 January 2019)[1] was a French politician and leader of the Citizen and Republican Movement.
Sarre was an early supporter of Jean-Pierre Chevènement and François Mitterrand within the new Socialist Party (PS), which he joined at the famous Epinay Congress in 1971. He was the Socialist top candidate in the 1977 Paris municipal election but lost the election by a handful of votes to Jacques Chirac.
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He was defeated in his constituency by the Socialist Danièle Hoffman-Rispal in the 2002 French legislative election. However, ahead of the 2007 presidential election and 2007 legislative election in which the MRC supported Royal's candidacy in return for the Socialist Party's endorsement of Sarre's candidacy in the Creuse's 2nd constituency in the June legislative election. Despite the lack of PS opposition, he lost the runoff to UMP incumbent Jean Auclair.
He was often considered the co-leader of the MRC along with Chevènement, although Chevènement is currently the MRC's President.
References
- ^ "Décès de Georges Sarre, ancien secrétaire d'État de François Mitterrand". Le Point (in French). 31 January 2019.