Claude-Gérard Marcus
{{Short description|French politician (1933–2020)}}
{{infobox Politician
| name = Claude-Gérard Marcus
| image = Bernard_Quesson_-_Claude-Gérard_Marcus_-_Alain_Juppé_-_Jacques_Chirac_en_1988.jpg
| caption = From left: Bernard Quesson, Claude-Gérard Marcus, Alain Juppé and Jacques Chirac in 1988
| office = Deputy of the National Assembly for Paris's 8th constituency
| term_start = 11 July 1968
| term_end = 1 April 1986
| predecessor = Jean-Charles Leppidi
| successor = position abolished, constituencies redrawn
| office2 = Mayor of the 10th arrondissement of Paris
| term_start2 = 13 March 1983
| term_end2 = 19 March 1989
| predecessor2 = position established
| successor2 = Claude Challal
| office3 = Member of the French National Assembly for Paris
| term_start3 = 2 April 1986
| term_end3 = 14 May 1988
| office4 = Member of the French National Assembly for Paris's 5th constituency
| term_start4 = 14 May 1988
| term_end4 = 21 April 1997
| predecessor4 = position established, constituencies redrawn
| successor4 = Tony Dreyfus
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|08|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|07|22|1933|08|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = 12th arrondissement of Paris, France
}}
Claude-Gérard Marcus (24 August 1933 – 24 July 2020) was a French politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.actuj.com/2020-07/france-politique/8780-la-disparition-de-claude-gerard-marcus|title=La disparition de Claude-Gérard Marcus|date=28 July 2020|work=Actualité Juive|language=French|access-date=29 July 2020|archive-date=28 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928083438/http://www.actuj.com/2020-07/france-politique/8780-la-disparition-de-claude-gerard-marcus|url-status=dead}}
Biography
Marcus was born in 1933 in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. He was the son of Paul Marcus, a doctor and art dealer.{{cite web|url=https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/sfhm/hsm/HSMx1999x033x003/HSMx1999x033x003x0223.pdf|title=Docteur Paul Marcus (1903-1993) médecin stomatologiste, collectionneur et antiquaire|date=1999|work=Histoire des Sciences Médicales|language=French}} He was able to escape the roundups by Nazi Germany during World War II. In addition to his political career, he chaired the Musée d'Art Juif and helped establish the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, of which he was the President until 2001. He subsequently became Honorary President. He also co-chaired the Association Nationale Judaïsme et Liberté.{{cite web|url=https://tousles10e.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/numecc81riser-jpeg.pdf|title=Claude-Gérard MARCUS|work=Tous Les X|language=French}}
Claude-Gérard Marcus died in Paris on 24 July 2020 at the age of 86.{{cite web|url=https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_75056/claude-gerard-marcus-ancien-depute-de-paris-et-rescape-des-rafles-de-l-occupation-est-mort_35158774.html|title=Claude-Gérard Marcus, ancien député de Paris et rescapé des rafles de l'Occupation, est mort|date=25 July 2020|work=actu.fr|language=French}}
Distinctions
Publications
- Du sens de l'histoire aux pensées uniques : Quelques vérités d'un ancien député gaulliste (2001) [https://books.google.com/books?id=9poEAQAAIAAJ]
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