Gilbert Chabroux
Gilbert Chabroux (27 December 1933 – 1 December 2017) was a French politician.
Gilbert Chabroux | |
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Mayor of Villeurbanne | |
In office 1990–2001 | |
Preceded by | Charles Hernu |
Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Bret |
Member of the French Senate for Rhône | |
In office 1995–2004 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Berneuil, France | 27 December 1933
Died | 1 December 2017 83) Villeurbanne, France | (aged
Political party | Socialist Party |
Chabroux was a native of Haute-Vienne, born on 27 December 1933.[1] He attended the Ecole Normale d'Instructors in Limoges and later attended the École Normale Supérieure de l'Enseignement Technique. Chabroux then taught at the ENNA Lyon-Villeurbanne after deployment of 28 months during the Algerian War.[1][2]
Chabroux became a member of the Young Socialist Movement in 1955,[1][2] and joined the Villeurbanne chapter of the French Section of the Workers' International three years later.[2] In 1965, he was elected to the Villeurbanne municipal council as an ally of mayor Étienne Gagnaire.[2] Chabroux formally joined the Socialist Party in the 1970s.[3] Chabroux was named deputy mayor under Charles Hernu in 1977, whom he succeeded as mayor in 1990, upon Hernu's death.[2] His 1997 reelection to the mayoralty was legally challenged,[4] and suspended for a year.[1] Chabroux was eventually allowed to retain the office, until he stepped down in 2001 to focus on his role in the Senate in which he had been seated as a representative of Rhône in 1995. Chabroux left the Senate in 2004.[2] He died in Villeurbanne on 1 December 2017, at the age of 83.[5]
References
- "Gilbert Chabroux, ancien maire de Villeurbanne et sénateur, s'est éteint" (in French). franceinfo. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Décès de Gilbert Chabroux, ancien sénateur-maire de Villeurbanne". Lyon Capitale (in French). 2 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "DÉCÈS DE GILBERT CHABROUX, ANCIEN SÉNATEUR MAIRE DE VILLEURBANNE de Villeurbanne" (in French). viva-interactif.com/. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Villeurbanne: le maire socialiste Gilbert Chabroux invalidé". Les Echos (in French). 16 January 1997. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- "Décès de l'ancien maire de Villeurbanne, Gilbert Chabroux". Lyon Mag (in French). 2 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.