Michel Crépeau

Michel Edouard Jean Crépeau is a lawyer and Politician French, born on October 30th, 1930 with Fontenay-the-Count (the Vendée) and dead on March 30th, 1999 with Paris.

Biography

After having passed its childhood on the Vendean beaches, it brilliantly continues its schooling with the college Pierre Loti of Rochefort. It is registered then with the Faculty of Law of Bordeaux, of which it arises graduate. In 1955, he is lawyer with the Barreau of La Rochelle, and takes its first steps in the policy in 1958.

In 1967, it is elected general adviser in the canton of the Small rock-West. In 1968, it misses by accuracy the seat of Député, vis-a-vis André Salardaine, and decides to train an electoral team.

In March 1971, it gains the municipal elections and is elected mayor of the La Rochelle, function which it will occupy until his death. It then takes many initiatives in the fields of the Environnement, the Urbanisme and the Culture. It blocks constructions on the Littoral, extends the green areas, sets up a service of Recyclage of the Déchet S in 1973, inaugurates the first pedestrian Secteur of France in 1975, and a free self-service of 400 yellow bicycles in 1976.

In 1972, it takes part in the creation of the Mouvement of the radical lefts (MRG), following the scission of the Radical party. He is the president between 1978 and 1981, and the candidate with the presidential election of 1981, where it obtains 642 847 votes, are 2,21 % of the votes cast.

In 1984, it assists the creation of the festival of the Francofolies. In 1992, it poses the first stone of the Université of the La Rochelle at the sides of François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl, at the time of the Sommet of the La Rochelle. Later, it launches the construction of the Technoforum, the Palais of the congresses, and moves the fishing port in Chef of Bay. In 1995, it sets up a network of Location of electric cars.

March 23rd, 1999, it is victim of a Cardiac arrest into full parliamentary meeting with the questions to the Government, to have shortly after put a question with Dominique Strauss-Kahn which was answering him. It is revived by Philippe Douste-Blazy and is led to the hospital, where it dies one week later.

Mandates and political offices

Ministerial functions

From May 22nd, 1981 to March 22nd, 1983: minister of environment
From March 22nd, 1983 to September 17th, 1984: Minister commercial and the craft industry
From September 19th, 1984 to February 19th, 1986: Minister commercial, craft industry and tourism
From February 19th, 1986 to March 19th, 1986: Minister of Justice and Minister for Justice

National political mandates

From March 11th, 1973 to April 2nd, 1978: deputy of the First district of the Charente-Maritime (MRG)
From March 19th, 1978 to May 22nd, 1981: deputy of the first district of the Charente-Maritime
From June 21st, 1981 to July 24th, 1981: deputy of the first district of the Charente-Maritime
From March 16th, 1986 to May 14th, 1988: deputy of Charente-Maritime
From June 12th, 1988 to April 1st, 1993: deputy of the first district of the Charente-Maritime
From June 1st, 1997 to March 30th, 1999: deputy of the first district of the Charente-Maritime (PRG, president of the group Radical-citizen-green).

Local political mandates

Of 1971 with 1999: mayor (MRG) of La Rochelle.

And also…

Quotations

“I agree to die as an individual, since it will be allowed to me to test at the day of my death the feeling to have achieved my share of humanity. It is through it that I will survive. ” Michel Crépeau (Questions about essence - 1979)

External bonds

Its card on the site of the National Assembly
Biography on the site of the PRG 17

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