Paul Bladt
{{Short description|French trade unionist and politician (1931–2022)}}
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| name = Paul Bladt
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1 June 1931
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|05|08|1931|06|01}}
| death_place = Saint-Avold, France
| nationality = French
| other_names =
| occupation = Trade unionist
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| party = PS
| office = General Councilor of the {{ill|Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach|fr|Canton de Behren-lès-Forbach}}
| term_start = 2 October 1988
| term_end = 16 March 2008
| predecessor = Charles Stirnweiss
| successor = Jean-Bernard Martin
| office2 = Member of the French National Assembly
| term_start2 = 21 June 1981
| term_end2 = 1 April 1986
| predecessor2 = {{ill|Jean-Éric Bousch|fr}}
| successor2 = {{ill|Charles Metzinger|fr}}
| constituency2 = Moselle's 6th constituency
| term_start3 = 20 March 1977
| term_end3 = 22 December 1997
| predecessor3 = Adrien Landfrid
| successor3 = Jean-Bernard Martin
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Paul Bladt (1 June 1931 – 8 May 2022) was a French politician and trade unionist.
Biography
While working as an apprentice fitter, Bladt discovered the Young Christian Workers, which he joined at the age of 17. After leaving the organization in 1957, he began working as a fitter in Lorraine coal mines. He was an activist in the French Confederation of Christian Workers before working at the national office of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour for mineworkers.
In 1972, Bladt joined the Socialist Party (PS) and was elected mayor of Cocheren in 1977. He was consistently re-elected to this position until his resignation in 1997. In 1981, he was elected to represent Moselle's 6th constituency in the National Assembly, but did not seek re-election in 1986.{{cite web|url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/sycomore/fiche/%28num_dept%29/841|title=Paul Bladt|work=Assemblée nationale|language=French}} He represented the {{ill|Canton of Behren-lès-Forbach|fr|Canton de Behren-lès-Forbach}} in the General Council of Moselle from 1988 to 2008, when he retired from politics and moved to Cité Belle-Roche.
Paul Bladt died in Saint-Avold on 8 May 2022 at the age of 90.{{cite news |last=Mazzucotelli|first=Stéphane|date=10 May 2022|title=Disparition de Paul Bladt, ancien député de la Moselle et ancien maire de Cocheren|trans-title= |url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/elections/2022/05/10/disparition-de-paul-bladt-ancien-depute-de-la-moselle-et-ancien-maire-de-cocheren|language=French|work=Le Républicain Lorrain|location=Moselle|access-date=12 May 2022}}
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