Roger Quilliot | |
Office: | Minister of Housing |
Term Start: | 1981 |
Term End: | 1983 |
President: | François Mitterrand |
Primeminister: | Pierre Mauroy |
Predecessor: | Marcel Cavaillé |
Successor: | Paul Quilès |
Office2: | Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand |
Term Start2: | 1973 |
Term End2: | 1997 |
Predecessor2: | Gabriel Montpied |
Successor2: | Serge Godard |
Birth Date: | 19 June 1925 |
Birth Place: | Hermaville, France |
Death Place: | Clermont-Ferrand, France |
Nationality: | French |
Party: | Socialist Party |
Roger Quilliot (19 June 1925 - 17 July 1998) was a French politician. He served as Housing Minister from May 22 to June 23, 1981, under former French President François Mitterrand.[1] He was also a Socialist member of the French Senate for the Puy-de-Dôme from 1974 to 1981, then from 1983 to April 1998, and again from September 1986 to 1998.[1] He also served as the mayor of Clermont-Ferrand from 1973 to 1998.[2]
Roger Quilliot was born on June 19, 1925, in Hermaville, France.[1] He received a PhD and the agrégation in Literature, and he edited the oeuvre of Albert Camus in La Pléiade.[2] He was a personal friend of Camus's.[2] Politically, he was close to Gaston Defferre and Pierre Mauroy.[2]
He committed suicide on July 17, 1998.[2] He was survived by his wife, Claire Quilliot.[2] The Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot in Clermont-Ferrand was named after him.[3]