- Philippe Duron
Philippe Duron is a French politician. He is mayor of
Caen and deputy for Caen-Ouest.Philippe Duron was born
June 19 ,1947 inAntony (Hauts-de-Seine ). He received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher until 1997. His political models arePierre Mendès-France andFrançois Mitterrand . As first secretary of the Socialist Party inCalvados , he has been successful in uniting the parties on the left in all ofBasse-Normandie .He was elected president of the regional council of
Basse-Normandie onMarch 28 ,2004 , the first member of France's Socialist Party to be elected to this office. He defeated the 18-year incumbent,René Garrec .Philippe Duron has also been the mayor of
Louvigny (Calvados ), and was elected mayor of Caen onMarch 16 2008.He served as deputy to the
French National Assembly from 1997 to 2001, and regained his seat17 June 2007.Due to the limits on the number of elected positions that can be held simultaneously in France, he stepped down from the regional presidence on
3 April 2008.References
* [http://www.normandie-magazine.fr/NM_mag192.asp#ELE Normandie Magazine] , April-May 2004, No. 192. Retrieved June 12, 2005
* [http://www.lexpress.fr/info/france/dossier/regionales/dossier.asp?ida=426367 L'Express.fr] , February 23, 2004. Retrieved June 12, 2005.
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