| Maurice Arreckx | |
| Office: | Mayor of Toulon |
| Term Start: | 1959 |
| Term End: | 1985 |
| Predecessor: | Édouard Le Bellugou |
| Successor: | François Trucy |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Saint-Junien, France |
| Death Place: | Toulon, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Party: | UDF |
| Children: | 4 |
Maurice Arreckx (13 December 1917 - 21 March 2001) was a French politician. He served as the mayor of Toulon from 1959 to 1985. He served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1986, before serving as a member of the French Senate from 1986 to 1995.
Maurice Arreckx was born on 13 December 1917.[1] He received his Baccalauréat.[1]
Arreckx owned a hosiery business in Toulon from 1935 to 1985.[1] He served as the mayor of Toulon from 1959 to 1985.[1] [2] He also wrote two books about the town.[1] He was president of the general council of Var department from 1985 to 1994.[1] He also wrote a book about it.[1]
Arreckx served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1986, before serving as a member of the French Senate from 1986 to 1995.[1] He voted in favour of the establishment of the Revenu minimum d'insertion in 1988.[1] Five years later, in 1993, he voted in favour of the continuation of welfare expenditure and state pensions.[1]
Arreckx was jailed from August 1994 to May 1995 for involvement in the murder of politician Yann Piat.[1] [3] In 1997, he was found guilty of accepting bribes of 2 million Francs from a water company for the construction of the Maison des technologies de Toulon.[1] [4] During the trial, it was revealed that Arreckx owned a Swiss bank account named Charlot with 7 million Francs.[2] He was fined 1 million Francs and sentenced to two years in jail.[1] His four children were also convicted, but not jailed.[4] Arreckx was released after one year, in 1998, for health reasons.[1] He wrote a book about his criminal convictions a year later.[1]
He was a Knight of the Legion of Honour, an Officer of the National Order of Merit, and a Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.[1]
Arreckx was married and had four adopted children: Marie-Claire, Marie-Geneviève, Jean-François, and Michel Arreckx.[3] [4]
He died of cancer on 21 March 2001.[1] [2]