Philippe Madrelle
{{Short description|French politician (1937–2019)}}
{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Philippe Madrelle}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Philippe Madrelle
| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|04|21|df=yes}}
| image = Président du Conseil général de la Gironde, Philippe Madrelle.jpg
| caption = Philippe Madrelle in 2011.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|08|27|1937|04|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bordeaux, France
| birth_place = Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac, France
| party = PS
| termstart6 = 1981
| termend5 = 1 April 2015
| constituency5 = Canton of Carbon-Blanc
| predecessor5 = René Cassage
| successor5 = Canton dissolved
| office6 = President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine
| office7 = Deputy for Gironde's 4th constituency
| termend6 = 1985
| predecessor6 = André Labarrère
| successor6 = Jacques Chaban-Delmas
| office5 = General Councillor of Gironde
| constituency7 = Gironde's 4th constituency
| predecessor7 = René Cassagne
| successor7 = Pierre Garmendia
| parliamentarygroup7 = FGDS (1968-1973)
PSRG(1973-1978)
SOC(1978-1980)
| termstart5 = 15 March 1968
| successor3 = Jacques Valade
| successor4 = Franck Maurras
| termstart2 = 1 October 1988
| office = Member of the Senate for Gironde
| termstart = 1 October 1980
| termend = 27 August 2019
| parliamentarygroup = SOC
| successor = Hervé Gillé
| office2 = President of the General Council of Gironde
| termend2 = 1 April 2015
| termend4 = 18 March 2001
| termstart3 = 19 March 1976
| termend3 = 22 March 1985
| predecessor2 = Jacques Valade
| successor2 = Jean-Luc Gleyze
| predecessor3 = Raymond Brun
| office4 = Mayor of Carbon-Blanc
| termstart4 = 15 March 1976
| nationality = French
}}
Philippe Madrelle (21 April 1937 – 27 August 2019) was a French politician.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/deces-de-philippe-madrelle-senateur-et-ex-president-ps-de-gironde-20190827|title=Décès de Philippe Madrelle, sénateur et ex-président PS de Gironde|date=27 August 2019 }} A member of the Socialist Party, he served as a Deputy from the Gironde between 1968 and 1980, President of the General Council of Gironde between 1976 and 2015, and Senator from 1980 until his death.{{Cite web|title=Anciens sénateurs Vème République : MADRELLE Philippe|url=http://www.senat.fr/senateur/madrelle_philippe80027e.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=www.senat.fr}}
Biography
= Political involvement =
== Senator for Gironde (1980—2019) ==
Madrelle was elected Senator for Gironde on 28 September 1980. He was re-elected on 24 September 1989, 27 September 1998, 21 September 2008, and 28 September 2014. From 1 October 2017, he became the longest serving active member of the Senate, succeeding Serge Dassault.{{Cite web|date=2019-08-28|title=Philippe Madrelle, le doyen du Sénat, est mort|url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/article/politique/philippe-madrelle-le-doyen-du-senat-est-mort-144909|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Public Senat|language=fr}} He indicated that he wished to not represent himself again at the expiration of his senatorial mandate in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Feltin-Palas|first=Michel|date=1 June 2017|title=Champion du cumul des mandats, Philippe Madrelle, le César de la Gironde|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/champion-du-cumul-des-mandats-philippe-madrelle-le-cesar-de-la-gironde_1913319.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lexpress.fr%2Factualite%2Fpolitique%2Fchampion-du-cumul-des-mandats-philippe-madrelle-le-cesar-de-la-gironde_1913319.html#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|archive-date=29 December 2021|access-date=29 December 2021|website=LExpress.fr|language=fr}} He died of cancer on 27 August 2019 in Bordeaux.{{Cite web|last=Meynard|first=Christophe|date=2019-08-27|title=Philippe Madrelle est décédé|url=https://www.hautegironde.fr/2019/08/27/philippe-madrelle-est-decede/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Haute Gironde|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|date=2019-08-27|title=Baron socialiste de la Gironde, Philippe Madrelle tire définitivement sa révérence|url=https://rue89bordeaux.com/2019/08/baron-socialiste-de-gironde-philippe-madrelle-tire-definitivement-reference/|access-date=2021-12-29|website=Rue89Bordeaux|language=fr-FR}}
Summary of mandates
- Senator for Gironde (1980–2019)
- Deputy for Gironde's 4th constituency (1968–1980)
- President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine (1981–1985)
- Regional Councillor of Aquitaine (1986–1989)
- President of the General Council of Gironde (1976—1985 and 1988–2015)
- General Councillor of Gironde (1968–2015)
- Mayor of Carbon-Blanc (1976–2001)
References
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Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic
Category:Socialist Party (France) politicians
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