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.
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.