Claude Prouvoyeur

Claude Prouvoyeur
Senator from Nord
In office
25 September 1983 – 1 October 1992
Preceded byJean Varlet [fr]
Mayor of Dunkirk
In office
18 September 1966 – 19 March 1989
Preceded byPaul Asseman [fr]
Succeeded byMichel Delebarre
Personal details
Born(1927-01-05)5 January 1927
Estourmel, France
Died17 January 2018(2018-01-17) (aged 91)
Dunkirk, France

Claude Prouvoyeur (5 January 1927 – 17 January 2018) was a French politician.

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 [fr].[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

  1. ^ "Disparition de l'ancien maire Claude Prouvoyeur". La Voix du Nord (in French). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Claude Prouvoyeur, l'ancien maire de Dunkerque, est mort ce mercredi". Le Phare Dunkerquois (in French). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ "L'ancien maire de Dunkerque, Claude Prouvoyeur est décédé ce mercredi matin" (in French). Delta.fm.fr. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Dunkerque : décès de l'ancien maire Claude Prouvoyeur". Franceinfo (in French). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.


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