Jean-François Picheral Explained

Jean-François Picheral
Birth Place:Nîmes, France
Occupation:Radiologist
Politician
Party:Socialist Party
Relatives:Gaston Defferre

Jean-François Picheral (born 26 February 1934 in Nîmes) is a French Socialist politician. He served as a member of Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as a French Senator from 1998 to 2008.

Biography

He was born on 26 February 1934.[1] He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator from 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor of Marseille from 1953 to 1986.[2]

He worked as a radiologist.[1] [3] [4] [5]

A Socialist, he served as Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as French Senator from 1998 to 2008.[1] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.senat.fr/senateur/picheral_jean_francois98015q.html French Senate
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=9zicVx9F-J8C&pg=PT289 Gérard Unger, Gaston Defferre, Paris: Fayard, 2011
  3. http://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-aix-pays-daix/38851/une-ville-ou-lon-cultive-lart-de-retourner-sa-veste.html Une ville où l'on cultive l'art de retourner sa veste
  4. http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-region/2007-01-22/picheral-est-il-invincible/1556/0/67025 Picheral est-il invincible ?
  5. Richard de Vendeuil, Trois fois Picheral, L'Express, November 09, 2000
  6. Pierre Martin, Les élections municipales en France: depuis 1945, La Documentation Française, 2001, p. 213 https://books.google.com/books?id=j1kwAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois+Picheral%22