| Claude Goasguen | |
| Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Paris |
| Term Start2: | 12 June 1997 |
| Term End2: | 28 May 2020 |
| Constituency2: | 14th |
| Predecessor2: | Georges Mesmin |
| Successor2: | Sandra Boëlle |
| Term Start3: | 2 May 1993 |
| Term End3: | 18 June 1995 |
| Predecessor3: | Jacques Toubon |
| Successor3: | Jacques Toubon |
| Constituency3: | 10th |
| Office: | Mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris |
| Term Start: | 19 March 2008 |
| Term End: | 11 July 2017 |
| Predecessor: | Pierre-Christian Taittinger |
| Successor: | Danièle Giazzi |
| Office1: | Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship |
| Term Start1: | 18 May 1995 |
| Term End1: | 7 November 1995 |
| Primeminister1: | Alain Juppé |
| Predecessor1: | Position established |
| Successor1: | Dominique Perben |
| Office4: | Councillor of Paris |
| Term Start4: | 1983 |
| Term End4: | 2020 |
| 4Blankname4: | Mayor |
| 4Namedata4: | Jacques Chirac Jean Tiberi Bertrand Delanoë Anne Hidalgo |
| Birth Date: | 12 March 1945 |
| Birth Place: | Toulon, France |
| Death Place: | Issy-les-Moulineaux, France |
| Death Cause: | Cardiac arrest |
| Education: | Lycée Henri-IV |
| Alma Mater: | Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
Claude Goasguen (12 March 1945 – 28 May 2020) was a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1997 until his death in 2020. A member of The Republicans, he also briefly was Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship in 1995 under Prime Minister Alain Juppé.[1] [2] [3]
Claude Goasguen was born in Toulon, Var.[3] He received a Doctorate in Law from Panthéon-Assas University.[3] From 1976 to 1986, he taught at Paris 13 University, and he served as the Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1984.[3] From 1986 to 1988, he served as advisor to the Minister of National Education, René Monory, with regards to the links between universities and the private sector, and professional training.[3] From December 1987 to January 1991, he served as university rector.[3]
From May to November 1995, he was Minister of State Reforms, Decentralisation and Citizenship.[3] From April 1996 to May 1998, he was the General Secretary of the now defunct UDF, and from June 1998 to April 2002, he was vice-president and spokesperson of the defunct Liberal Democracy.[3] Since 2003, he has also worked as a lawyer in Paris.[3]
He was well known for his controversial comments on the Palestinian people[4] and on the Muslim community living in France.[5]
Goasguen was a vigorous supporter of oppressed Christian minorities in the Near East and has spoken prominently at public meetings concerning them in Autumn 2015. He was a recipient of the Legion of Honour.[3] He died on 28 May 2020 in Issy-les-Moulineaux at the age of 75 from a heart attack after having contracted COVID-19 earlier in March during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[6] He was replaced in the Assembly by Sandra Boëlle.[7]