Jean-François Picheral

Jean-François Picheral
Born February 26, 1934
Nîmes, France
Occupation Radiologist
Politician
Political party
 Socialist Party
Relatives Gaston Defferre

Jean-François Picheral (born 26 February 1934 in Nîmes) is a French Socialist politician. He served as a member of Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as a French Senator from 1998 to 2008.

Biography

He was born on February 26, 1934.[1] He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator form 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor of Marseille from 1953 to 1986.[2]

He worked as a radiologist.[1][3][4][5]

A Socialist, he served as Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as French Senator from 1998 to 2008.[1][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 French Senate
  2. ↑ Gérard Unger, Gaston Defferre, Paris: Fayard, 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Une ville où l'on cultive l'art de retourner sa veste, La Provence, July 06, 2009
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Picheral est-il invincible ?, Le Point, January 12, 2001
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Richard de Vendeuil, Trois fois Picheral, L'Express, November 09, 2000
  6. ↑ Pierre Martin, Les élections municipales en France: depuis 1945, La Documentation Française, 2001, p. 213
Political offices
Preceded by
Jean-Pierre de Peretti Della Rocca		 Mayor of Aix-en-Provence
1989-2001 		Succeeded by
Maryse Joissains-Masini