Jacques Bravo
{{Short description|French politician (1943–2019)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jacques Bravo
| image = Jacques-Bravo.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 29 December 1943
| birth_place = Valognes, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2019|12|18|1943|12|29}}
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| nationality = French
| other_names =
| occupation = Politician
| party = Socialist Party
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| notable_works =
| office = Councillor of Paris
| term_start = 23 June 1995
| term_end = 4 April 2014
| 1blankname1 = Mayor
| 1namedata1 = Jean Tiberi
Bertrand Delanoë
| office2 = President of the Paris City Council Finance Commission
| term_start2 = 25 March 2001
| term_end2 = 21 March 2008
| successor2 = Jean-François Legaret
| office3 = Mayor of the 9th arrondissement of Paris
| term_start3 = 2 April 2001
| term_end3 = 13 April 2014
| predecessor3 = Gabriel Kaspereit
| successor3 = Delphine Bürkli
}}
Jacques Bravo (29 December 1943 – 18 December 2019) was a French politician who was a member of the Socialist Party.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/mort-de-jacques-bravo-ancien-maire-darrondissement-a-paris_fr_5dfc85ade4b0843d35f9b1bd|title=Mort de Jacques Bravo, ancien maire du 9e arrondissement à Paris|date=20 December 2019|work=Huffington Post|language=French}}
Biography
After he graduated from ENSAE ParisTech in 1968, Bravo worked for the Minister of National Education.
He began his political career in 1983 at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance before being appointed as Financial Director at the Ministry of Higher Education and Research along with Laurent Fabius and Hubert Curien.{{cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/france/2001/04/03/jacques-bravo-ips-xe-la-tete-et-les-jambes_360045|title=Jacques Bravo (IPS, Xe). La tête et les jambes.|date=3 April 2001|work=Libération|language=French}} A member of the Socialist Party, he ran for the 9th arrondissement of Paris in the 1983 French municipal elections, which he lost. He was beaten again in 1989 and 1995. He was on the board of directors at ESPCI Paris and was present when Pierre-Gilles de Gennes and Georges Charpak won the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1993, he was named Inspector General of Education in Limousin.
Bravo was finally victorious in the 9th arrondissement in 2001. He secured 52% of the vote in the second round, defeating Pierre Lellouche, and became President of the Finance Commission. In 2008, he was re-elected with 63% of the vote.
In 2004, Bravo he was involved in a protest against the extradition of far-right Italian terrorist Cesare Battisti.{{cite web|url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/308920|title=La France Doit Respecter sa Parole|date=13 July 2004|work=L'Humanité|language=French}} With the singer Lio and the writer Fred Vargas, he formed a committee against far-right terrorism.{{cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/societe/2004/06/28/battisti-festin-de-soutiens-pour-l-honneur-de-la-france_484502|title=Battisti: festin de soutiens "pour l'honneur de la France"|date=28 June 2004|work=Libération|language=French}} He reported weekly on the judicial review of Battisti's murders.{{cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/les-elus-au-commissariat-avec-battisti-15-03-2004-2004830923.php|title=Les élus au commissariat avec Battisti|date=15 March 2004|work=Le Parisien|language=French}} In 2019, Battisti admitted to committing two murders and sponsoring two others.{{cite web|url=https://www.marianne.net/monde/terorrisme-italie-cesare-battisti-reconnait-ses-crimes|title=Le bras d'honneur de Cesare Battisti aux intellos qui l'ont soutenu|date=25 March 2019|work=Marianne|language=French}}
In 2013, Bravo was awarded in the Legion of Honour as Commander.{{cite web|url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000026871323|title=Décret du 31 décembre 2012 portant promotion|date=1 January 2013|work=Legifrance.gouv.fr|language=French}}
In the 2014 French municipal elections, Bravo would not stand for re-election.{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/municipales-a-paris-jacques-bravo-ne-se-representera-pas-dans-le-ixe-17-01-2013-1616330_20.php|title=Municipales à Paris: Jacques Bravo ne se représentera pas dans le IXe|date=17 January 2013|work=Le Point|language=French}} The Socialist Party candidate, Pauline Véron, lost to Delphine Bürkli.{{cite web|url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/1082089-20130117-municipales-a-paris-jacques-bravo-representera-9e|title=Municipales à Paris: Jacques Bravo ne se représentera pas dans le 9e|date=17 March 2013|work=20 Minutes|language=French}}
Jacques Bravo died on 18 December 2019 at the age of 75, just 11 days before his 76th birthday.{{cite web|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/le-socialiste-jacques-bravo-est-decede-20-12-2019-2354240_20.php|title=Le socialiste Jacques Bravo est décédé|date=20 December 2019|work=Le Point|language=French}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/deces-de-jacques-bravo-ancien-maire-du-ixe-arrondissement-de-paris-20191220|title=Décès de Jacques Bravo, ancien maire du IXe arrondissement de Paris|date=20 December 2019|work=Le Figaro|language=French}}
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Category:Politicians from Paris
Category:Politicians from Manche
Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians