Jean-Claude Gaudin

French politician

Jean-Claude Gaudin (born 8 October 1939) is a French politician. He is a member of The Republicans. He was the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.

Jean-Claude Gaudin
Gaudin in 2012
Vice President of the French Senate
In office
8 October 2014 – 22 September 2017
PresidentGérard Larcher
Succeeded byValérie Létard
In office
6 October 1998 – 28 March 2011
PresidentChristian Poncelet
Gérard Larcher
Leader of Union for a Popular Movement
in the Senate
In office
8 March 2011 – 1 October 2014
Preceded byGérard Longuet
Succeeded byBruno Retailleau
Member of the French Senate
for Bouches-du-Rhône
In office
1 October 1998 – 22 September 2017
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Bertrand
Mayor of Marseille
In office
25 June 1995 – 4 July 2020
Preceded byRobert Vigouroux
Succeeded byMichèle Rubirola
Minister of the City
In office
7 November 1995 – 2 June 1997
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterAlain Juppé
Preceded byBernard Pons
Succeeded byDominique Voynet
Personal details
Born (1939-10-08) 8 October 1939 (age 84)
Marseille, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyThe Republicans
(2015-present)
Other political
affiliations
National Centre of Independents and Peasants
(1965-1973)
Independent Republicans
(1973-1977)
Republican Party
(1977-1997)
Union for French Democracy
(1997-2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002-2015)

He was a member of the National Assembly of France from Bouches-du-Rhône from 1978 to 1989 and has been a member of the French Senate from 1989 to 1995 and again from 1998.

He was the Vice President of the French Senate from 1998 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2017.