Roger Quilliot Explained

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]

Biography

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]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.senat.fr/senateur/quilliot_roger74041p.html Senate webpage
  2. 'Roger Quilliot se suicide avec son épouse. Sa femme est en réanimation.', in Libération, July 18, 1998 http://www.liberation.fr/politiques/0101251131-roger-quilliot-se-suicide-avec-son-epouse-sa-femme-est-en-reanimation
  3. http://www.clermont-ferrand.fr/-Musee-d-Art-Roger-Quilliot-MARQ,40-.html City council webpage