Robert Vigouroux | |
Office: | Mayor of Marseille |
Term Start: | 17 May 1986 |
Term End: | 25 June 1995 |
Predecessor: | Gaston Defferre |
Successor: | Jean-Claude Gaudin |
Office2: | Senator of Bouches-du-Rhône |
Term Start2: | 24 September 1989 |
Term End2: | 30 September 1998 |
Birth Name: | Robert Paul Vigouroux |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1923 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Gardanne, France |
Party: | Socialist Party |
Education: | Lycée Thiers |
Profession: | Neurosurgeon |
Robert Vigouroux (pronounced as /fr/; 21 March 1923 – 9 July 2017)[1] was a French politician and writer.[2] He was the Mayor of Marseille (the second largest city in France) from 1986 to 1995, and a French Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhône from 1989 to 1998.[2] [3] [4]
Robert Vigouroux was born in Paris.[2] [3] In 1942, he moved to Marseilles to work as a doctor in hospitals.[2] He was elected as Mayor of Marseille in 1986, and as Senator in 1989.[2] [3] He later published two volumes of poetry under the pen name of Stépan Alexis, and later essays, novels, volumes of paintings and photographs in his real name.[2]