Claude Prouvoyeur
Claude Prouvoyeur (5 January 1927 – 17 January 2018) was a French politician.
Claude Prouvoyeur | |
|---|---|
| Senator from Nord | |
| In office 25 September 1983 – 1 October 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Varlet |
| Mayor of Dunkirk | |
| In office 18 September 1966 – 19 March 1989 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Asseman |
| Succeeded by | Michel Delebarre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1927 Estourmel, France |
| Died | 17 January 2018 (aged 91) Dunkirk, France |
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.[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]
References
- "Disparition de l'ancien maire Claude Prouvoyeur". La Voix du Nord (in French). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- "Claude Prouvoyeur, l'ancien maire de Dunkerque, est mort ce mercredi". Le Phare Dunkerquois (in French). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- "L'ancien maire de Dunkerque, Claude Prouvoyeur est décédé ce mercredi matin" (in French). Delta.fm.fr. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- "Dunkerque : décès de l'ancien maire Claude Prouvoyeur". Franceinfo (in French). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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