Michel Charasse

{{Short description|French politician (1941–2020)}}

{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Michel Charasse}}

{{Infobox Politician

| name = Michel Charasse

| office = Member of the Constitutional Council

| term_start = 12 March 2010

| term_end = 11 March 2019

| appointer = Nicolas Sarkozy

| president = Jean-Louis Debré
Laurent Fabius

| predecessor = Olivier Dutheillet de Lamothe

| successor = Jacques Mézard

| office2 = Member of the French Senate
for Puy-de-Dôme

| term_start2 = 2 October 1992

| term_end2 = 6 March 2010

| office3 = Minister of Budget

| term_start3 = 26 June 1988

| term_end3 = 2 April 1992

| president3 = François Mitterrand

| primeminister3 = Édith Cresson
Pierre Bérégovoy

| predecessor3 = Pierre Bérégovoy

| successor3 = Martin Malvy

| successor2 = Serge Godard

| office4 = Mayor of Puy-Guillaume

| term_start4 = 1977

| term_end4 = 2010

| successor4 = Nadine Chabrier

| birth_date = {{birth date|1941|07|08|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chamalières, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|02|21|1941|07|08|df=yes}}

| death_place = Clermont-Ferrand, France

| alma_mater = Sciences Po

| party = Socialist Party

| spouse = {{marriage|Danièlle Bas|1978}}{{cite book |date=2003 |title=The International Who's Who 2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sR4Ch1dMe8IC&q=gregory+chappel+inernational+whos+who+2004&pg=PA301 |publisher=Psychology Press |page=301 |isbn=9781857432176 }}

| parents = Martial Charasse
Lucie Castellani

}}

Michel Charasse (8 July 1941 – 21 February 2020){{cite news |title=L'ancien ministre Michel Charasse est mort |newspaper=Le Monde.fr |date=21 February 2020 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/02/21/l-ancien-ministre-michel-charasse-est-mort_6030323_3382.html |publisher=Le Monde |access-date=21 February 2020 |language=fr}} was a member of the French Senate. He represented the Puy-de-Dôme department, and was a member of the Socialist Party.

On 24 February 2010, French President Nicolas Sarkozy nominated him as a member of the Constitutional Council.{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2010/02/24/charasse-gardien-du-pouvoir_1310520_823448.html|title=Charasse, gardien du pouvoir|newspaper=Le Monde.fr|date=February 24, 2010|publisher=Le Monde|language=fr|access-date= February 24, 2010}}