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Death of Gérard Collomb: Lyon in the heart
Death of Gérard Collomb: Lyon in the heart – (franceinfo)
Mayor of Lyon for almost twenty years, Gérard Collomb died of cancer on Saturday November 25. This Sunday, November 26, he was greeted by the entire political class.
Gérard Collomb died on Saturday November 25 at the age of 76. Multiple tributes have been paid to the former Minister of the Interior: from residents of Lyon (Rhône), a town of which he was mayor, to Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic. A graduate of classics, he entered politics in the 1970s and quickly climbed the ranks, to the point of becoming a deputy for the Rhône in the 1980s.
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Gérard Collomb felt a great attachment to the capital of Gaul. First becoming mayor of the 9th arrondissement, he then won the position of councilor of the town in 2001. His plan was to make Lyon a European capital. He was re-elected in 2008 then in 2014. He then became a senator then was appointed Minister of the Interior, where he resigned in October 2018. He then failed to reconquer Lyon. He died on Saturday November 25 from cancer.
