Claude-Gérard Marcus | |
Office: | Deputy of the National Assembly for Paris's 8th constituency |
Term Start: | 11 July 1968 |
Term End: | 1 April 1986 |
Predecessor: | Jean-Charles Leppidi |
Successor: | position abolished, constituencies redrawn |
Office2: | Mayor of the 10th arrondissement of Paris |
Term Start2: | 13 March 1983 |
Term End2: | 19 March 1989 |
Predecessor2: | position established |
Successor2: | Claude Challal |
Office3: | Member of the French National Assembly for Paris |
Term Start3: | 2 April 1986 |
Term End3: | 14 May 1988 |
Office4: | Member of the French National Assembly for Paris's 5th constituency |
Term Start4: | 14 May 1988 |
Term End4: | 21 April 1997 |
Predecessor4: | position established, constituencies redrawn |
Successor4: | Tony Dreyfus |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1933 |
Birth Place: | 16th arrondissement of Paris, France |
Death Place: | 12th arrondissement of Paris, France |
Party: | UDR RPR |
Claude-Gérard Marcus (24 August 1933 – 24 July 2020) was a French politician.[1]
Marcus was born in 1933 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. He was the son of Paul Marcus, a doctor and art dealer.[2] He was able to escape the roundups by Nazi Germany during World War II. In addition to his political career, he chaired the Musée d'Art Juif and helped establish the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, of which he was the President until 2001. He subsequently became Honorary President. He also co-chaired the Association Nationale Judaïsme et Liberté.[3]
Claude-Gérard Marcus died in Paris on 24 July 2020 at the age of 86.[4]