| Jean Germain | |
| Office: | Mayor of Tours |
| Term Start: | 1995 |
| Term End: | 2014 |
| Predecessor: | Jean Royer |
| Successor: | Serge Babary |
| Office2: | Member of the French Senate for Indre-et-Loire |
| Term Start2: | 2011 |
| Term End2: | 2015 |
| Successor2: | Stéphanie Riocreux |
| Birth Date: | 11 September 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Tours, France |
| Death Place: | Tours, France |
| Death Cause: | Suicide |
| Nationality: | French |
| Party: | Socialist Party |
| Alma Mater: | François Rabelais University |
| Profession: | Jurist |
Jean Germain (11 September 1947 – 7 April 2015) was a French socialist politician.
Germain was the president of University of Tours from 1988 to 1993.[1] In 1995 he was elected mayor of Tours and president of the agglomeration community of Tours, Tour(s) Plus.
In September 2011 Germain was elected as a Senator from the department of Indre-et-Loire.[2]
Germain was a member of the French Socialist Party.
On 7 April 2015 he was found dead in his garage near his home in Tours, on the day that he was due to go on trial, accused of having illegally profited from Chinese bridal tours between 2007 and 2011. He left two suicide notes, protesting his innocence.[3]