Gilbert Annette Explained

Gilbert Annette
Caption:A picture of Gilbert Annette
Office:Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion
Term Start:16 March 2008
Term End:4 July 2020
Predecessor:René-Paul Victoria
Successor:Ericka Bareigts
Office2:Member of the National Assembly
for Réunion's 1st constituency
Term Start2:2 April 1993
Term End2:21 April 1997
Predecessor2:Auguste Legros
Successor2:Michel Tamaya
Birth Date:10 March 1946
Birth Place:Antsiranana, Madagascar
Nationality:French
Party:Socialist Party
Alma Mater:IAE de La Réunion

Gilbert Annette (pronounced as /fr/; born 10 March 1946) is a Malagasy politician. He represented Réunion in the French National Assembly from 1993-1997 [1] and has been the Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion between 2008 and 2020.

Career

Annette is a member of the Socialist Party. He became a member of the Départemental Council in 1983 and a member of the Regional Council in 1988. He was the Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion from 1989–1994 and was reelected in 2008.

He was a Deputy from 1993-1997 and was convicted for corruption in 1996.[2] He was sentenced to 5 years of deprivation of his civil rights, a 200.000 FRF (30.000 €) fine and 30 months in prison. Since 2004 he has been the 1st secretary of the socialist federation of Reunion. He was re-elected mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion in 2008 with 53,83% of the votes.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/histoire/trombinoscope/VRepublique/legis10/annette-gilbert-10031946.asp National Assembly web site
  2. https://www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=19961211&article=1442688&type=ar telegramme.Fr: Gilbert Annette