Claude Prouvoyeur

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

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

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.[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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