Louis Mermaz

Louis Mermaz
President of the French National Assembly
In office 2 July 1981 – 1 April 1986
Preceded by	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Succeeded by	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French Governmental Affairs Spokesman
In office 1992–1993
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Pierre Bérégovoy
Preceded by	Martin Malvy
Succeeded by	Nicolas Sarkozy
Deputy for Isère's 8th constituency in the French National Assembly
In office 1997–2001
Preceded by	Bernard Saugey
Succeeded by	Jacques Remiller
Personal details
Born	(1931-08-20) 20 August 1931 (age 92) Paris, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Louis Mermaz (born 20 August 1931) is a French politician.

Early life

Mermaz became an ally of François Mitterrand in the late 1950s and in 1971 became a member of Mitterrand's staff in the French Socialist Party. In 1967, he was elected Deputy of Isère for the first time.

In 1981, he was appointed Minister of Transport in the first government of socialist Pierre Mauroy, before his election to Presidency of the National Assembly. He served in this office to 1986.^[1] He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1990 to 1992, and Minister of Relations with Parliament in the Bérégovoy government from 1992 to 1993.^[2] He is also Government's spokesperson in the same cabinet.

From 2001 to 2011, he was senator of Isère.

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