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Claude Malhuret | |
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Member of the French Senate for Allier | |
Assumed office 1 October 2014 | |
Mayor of Vichy | |
In office 1989–2017 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Lacarin |
Succeeded by | Frédéric Aguilera |
Personal details | |
Born | Strasbourg,France | 8 March 1950
Political party | Agir |
Alma mater | Paris Descartes University |
Profession | Physician |
Claude Malhuret (born 8 March 1950) is a French physician [1] and politician of Agir who has been a member of the Senate since 2014,representing the department of Allier.[ citation needed ]
Previously,Malhuret was the mayor of Vichy,France (1989–2017), [2] a member of the National Assembly (1993–1997) and of the European Parliament (1989–1993).
Malhuret was born in Strasbourg. After completing his doctorate in medicine at the University of Paris,he worked as a hospital intern. In 1973,Malhuret participated in some voluntary overseas work with Coopération Française,before being employed by the World Health Organization in India.[ citation needed ]
Malhuret was elected president of Médecins Sans Frontières in 1977. Malhuret's humanitarian aid was beginning to be noticed,and in 1978 he became the President of France's overseas relief agency.[ citation needed ]
In 1980,Malhuret was one of the organizers of the "March for the Survival of Cambodia" in Thailand,with several media and artistic personalities,and read a speech written by Bernard-Henri Lévy. [3]
From 1986 to 1988,Malhuret served as Secretary of State for Human Rights in the government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac,the first in this position. [4] [5]
From 1989 to 1993,Malhuret was a Member of the European Parliament. In parliament,he served on the Committee on Political Affairs (1989–1990) and the Committee on Culture,Youth,Education and the Media (1992–1993). In addition to his committee assignments,he was part of the parliament's delegation for relations with Japan. [6]
Malhuret was elected mayor of Vichy and President of the Vichy Urban District in 1989. He initiated a massive programme to modernize and restore the glory of the town,alongside other economic partners. This included the construction of a vast pedestrian area,upgrading of various hotels and renovation of the spas and Opera House.[ citation needed ]
Malhuret stepped down to vice-president of the Vichy Urban District in 2001,but remained the mayor of Vichy.[ citation needed ]
Malhuret first became a member of the French Senate in the 2014 elections. [7]
Following the election of Emmanuel Macron as president,Malhuret left the Republicans and became one of the founding members of the new Agir party. [8]
In 2023,Malhuret was the Senate's rapporteur on a proposal to ban video-sharing app TikTok. [9]
In 2016,Malhuret publicly endorsed Alain Juppé in the Republicans' primaries for the 2017 presidential elections. [11]
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