Paul Chollet

Paul Chollet
Mayor of Agen
In office
25 March 1989 – March 2001
Preceded byGeorges Ricci
Succeeded byAlain Veyret [fr]
Deputy of the French National Assembly
In office
2 April 1986 – 21 April 1997
Preceded byChristian Laurissergues [fr] (indirectly)
Succeeded byAlain Veyret
ConstituencyProportional representation (1986–1988)
Lot-et-Garonne's 1st constituency (1988–1997)
Member of the General Council of Lot-et-Garonne
In office
1981–1989
Preceded byPierre Esquirol
Succeeded byPhilippe Lacaze
ConstituencyCanton of Agen-Centre [fr]
Member of the Regional Council of Aquitaine
In office
16 March 1986 – 18 June 2001
Personal details
Born(1928-04-10)10 April 1928
Savignac-de-Duras, France
Died13 December 2022(2022-12-13) (aged 94)
Agen, France
Political partyUDF
EducationUniversity of Toulouse
OccupationPediatrician

Paul Chollet (10 April 1928 – 13 December 2022) was a French paediatrician and politician of the Union for French Democracy.[1] He served as Mayor of Agen from 1989 to 2001 and was a deputy of the National Assembly from 1986 to 1997.[2]

Biography

Chollet graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toulouse and worked as a pediatrician between Bordeaux and Toulouse in the 1960s. He founded the first Centre d'action médico-sociale précoce [fr] and Centre médico-psycho-pédagogique [fr] in Agen. He also founded the local branch of UNICEF.

Chollet began his political career as a municipal councillor in Agen in 1977. Four years later, he became deputy mayor and became General Councilor of the Canton of Agen-Centre [fr] in 1981. He was elected mayor of Agen in 1989 and resigned as General Councilor due to the law prohibiting certain dual mandates. He was president of the Amicale des maires de Lot-et-Garonne from 1989 to 2001.

In 1986, Chollet was elected to the National Assembly, representing Lot-et-Garonne through proportional representation.[3] He was re-elected in 1988 in Lot-et-Garonne's 1st constituency,[4] and re-elected again in 1993.[5] He remained in office until 21 April 1997.

Paul Chollet died in Agen on 13 December 2022, at the age of 94.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Décès de Paul Chollet". Ville d'Agen (in French). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Paul Chollet". National Assembly (in French).
  3. ^ "Paul Chollet". National Assembly (in French).
  4. ^ "Paul Chollet". National Assembly (in French).
  5. ^ "Paul Chollet". National Assembly (in French).
  6. ^ "Lot-et-Garonne : Paul Chollet, ancien maire d'Agen, est décédé ce matin". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Lot-et-Garonne. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.