Michel Vauzelle | |
Office: | President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
Term Start: | 23 March 1998 |
Term End: | 18 December 2015 |
Predecessor: | Jean-Claude Gaudin |
Successor: | Christian Estrosi |
Office1: | Mayor of Arles |
Term Start1: | 18 June 1995 |
Term End1: | 15 March 1998 |
Predecessor1: | Jean-Paul Camoin |
Successor1: | Paolo Toeschi |
Office2: | Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice |
Term Start2: | 2 April 1992 |
Term End2: | 29 March 1993 |
President2: | François Mitterrand |
Primeminister2: | Pierre Bérégovoy |
Predecessor2: | Henri Nallet |
Successor2: | Pierre Méhaignerie |
Office3: | Deputy of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône |
Constituency3: | 16th |
Term Start3: | 20 June 2007 |
Term End3: | 20 June 2017 |
Predecessor3: | Roland Chassain |
Successor3: | Monica Michel |
Constituency4: | 16th |
Term Start4: | 12 June 1997 |
Term End4: | 19 June 2002 |
Predecessor4: | Thérèse Aillaud |
Successor4: | Roland Chassain |
Constituency5: | At-large (1986–1988) 16th (1988–1992) |
Term Start5: | 2 April 1986 |
Term End5: | 2 May 1992 |
Predecessor5: | Proportional representation |
Successor5: | François Bernardini |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1944 |
Birth Place: | Montélimar, France |
Party: | Socialist Party |
Alma Mater: | Sciences Po |
Profession: | Lawyer, politician |
Michel Vauzelle (born 15 August 1944)[1] is a French politician who served as Keeper of the Seals of France, Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy from 1992 to 1993. A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he also served as Mayor of Arles from 1995 to 1998 and President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur from 1998 until 2015.
A native of Montélimar, Vauzelle was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bouches-du-Rhône from 1986 to 1992 and again from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2017. He was first elected at-large (1986–1988), before representing the department's 16th constituency. In 2007, he defeated Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) incumbent Roland Chassain who had previously defeated him in 2002. Vauzelle, who had a narrower victory against a National Front (FN) candidate in 2012,[2] did not contest the 2017 legislative election, in which the seat was won by Monica Michel of La République En Marche! (LREM), a first-time candidate.