Career
Arreckx owned a hosiery business in Toulon from 1935 to 1985. [1] He served as the mayor of Toulon from 1959 to 1985. [1] [2] He also wrote two books about the town. [1] He was president of the general council of Var department from 1985 to 1994. [1] He also wrote a book about it. [1]
Arreckx served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981,and again in 1986,before serving as a member of the French Senate from 1986 to 1995. [1] He voted in favour of the establishment of the Revenu minimum d'insertion in 1988. [1] Five years later,in 1993,he voted in favour of the continuation of welfare expenditure and state pensions. [1]
Arreckx was jailed from August 1994 to May 1995 for involvement in the murder of politician Yann Piat. [1] [3] In 1997,he was found guilty of accepting bribes of 2 million Francs from a water company for the construction of the Maison des technologies de Toulon. [1] [4] During the trial,it was revealed that Arreckx owned a Swiss bank account named Charlot with 7 million Francs. [2] He was fined 1 million Francs and sentenced to two years in jail. [1] His four children were also convicted,but not jailed. [4] Arreckx was released after one year,in 1998,for health reasons. [1] He wrote a book about his criminal convictions a year later. [1]
He was a Knight of the Legion of Honour,an Officer of the National Order of Merit,and a Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. [1]
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