Philippe Duron | |
Office: | Member of the National Assembly for Calvados's 1st constituency |
Term Start: | 20 June 2007 |
Term End: | 20 June 2017 |
Predecessor: | Brigitte Le Brethon |
Successor: | Fabrice Le Vigoureux |
Term Start1: | 12 June 1997 |
Term End1: | 19 June 2002 |
Predecessor1: | Francis Saint-Ellier |
Successor1: | Brigitte Le Brethon |
Office2: | Mayor of Caen |
Term Start2: | 23 March 2008 |
Term End2: | 5 April 2014 |
Predecessor2: | Brigitte Le Brethon |
Successor2: | Joël Bruneau |
Office3: | President of the Regional Council of Lower Normandy |
Term Start3: | 2 April 2004 |
Term End3: | 2 April 2008 |
Predecessor3: | René Garrec |
Successor3: | Laurent Beauvais |
Office4: | Mayor of Louvigny |
Term Start4: | 20 March 1989 |
Term End4: | 2 April 2004 |
Predecessor4: | Joseph Decaen |
Successor4: | Patrick Ledoux |
Birth Date: | 19 June 1947 |
Birth Place: | Antony, France |
Party: | Socialist Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Caen Normandy |
Profession: | Teacher |
Philippe Duron (born 19 June 1947) is a French politician. He was the mayor of Caen between 2008 and 2014 and deputy for Calvados's 1st constituency.
Philippe Duron received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher in Lisieux and the Lycée Augustin-Fresnel in Caen until 1997. His political models are Pierre Mendès France and François Mitterrand. As first secretary of the Socialist Party in Calvados, he has been successful in uniting the parties on the left in all of Lower Normandy.
He was elected president of the regional council of Lower Normandy on March 28, 2004, the first member of France's Socialist Party to be elected to this office. He defeated the incumbent for 18 years, René Garrec.
Philippe Duron has also been the mayor of Louvigny (Calvados), and was elected mayor of Caen on 16 March 2008.
He served as deputy to the National Assembly from 1997 to 2001, and again from 2007 to 2017.
Due to the limits on the number of elected positions that can be held simultaneously in France, he stepped down from the regional presidency on 3 April 2008.