Gaston Defferre | |
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.png) Defferre in 1981 | |
| Mayor of Marseille | |
| In office 9 May 1953 – 7 May 1986 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Carlini |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Victor Cordonnier |
| In office 30 August 1944 – 27 November 1945 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Barraud |
| Succeeded by | Jean Cristofol |
| Minister of the Interior and of decentralization | |
| In office 22 May 1981 – 19 July 1984 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister | Pierre Mauroy Laurent Fabius |
| Preceded by | Christian Bonnet |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Joxe |
| Minister for town and country planning | |
| In office 17 July 1984 – 20 march 1986 | |
| President | François Mitterrand |
| Prime Minister | Laurent Fabius |
| Preceded by | Michel Rocard (indirectly) |
| Succeeded by | Hervé de Charette (Planning) Pierre Méhaignerie (Infrastructure) |
| Minister of the Overseas | |
| In office 1 February 1956 – 13 June 1957 | |
| President | René Coty |
| Prime Minister | Guy Mollet |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Henri Teitgen |
| Succeeded by | Gérard Jaquet |
| Minister for the Merchant Navy | |
| In office 12 July 1950 – 11 August 1951 | |
| President | Vincent Auriol |
| Prime Minister | Henri Queuille René Pleven |
| Preceded by | Lionel de Tinguy du Pouët |
| Succeeded by | André Morice |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 2 April 1986 – 7 April 1986 | |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Jacques Léonetti |
| Parliamentary group | SOC |
| Constituency | Bouches-du-Rhône |
| In office 6 December 1962 – 25 July 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Colonna d'Anfriani |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Sanmarco |
| Parliamentary group | SOC |
| Constituency | Bouches-du-Rhône's 3rd |
| In office 8 November 1945 – 5 December 1958 | |
| Parliamentary group | SOC |
| Constituency | Bouches-du-Rhône's 1st |
| President of the Socialist Group in the National Assembly | |
| In office 7 December 1962 – 22 May 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Francis Leenhardt |
| Succeeded by | Pierre Joxe |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 26 April 1959 – 6 December 1962 | |
| Succeeded by | Roger Delagnes |
| Parliamentary group | SOC |
| Under-secretary of State for Overseas territories | |
| In office 16 December 1946 – 16 January 1947 | |
| Secretary of State for Information | |
| In office 26 January 1946 – 24 June 1946 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1910 Marsillargues, France |
| Died | 7 May 1986 (aged 75) Marseille, France |
| Political party | French Section of the Workers' International (1933–1969) Socialist Party (1969–1986) |
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Gaston Defferre (14 September 1910 – 7 May 1986) was a French Socialist politician. He served as mayor of Marseille for 33 years until his death in 1986. He was minister for overseas territories in Guy Mollet’s socialist government in 1956–1957. His main achievement was to establish the framework used to grant independence to France’s African territories. In 1967, he fought the last duel in French history. As the Socialist candidate for president in 1969, he received only 5 percent of the vote. He was much more successful in promoting François Mitterrand as leader of the Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste; PS) in 1971. He held a series of ministerial portfolios after the Socialist victory in 1981, especially as minister of state for the interior and decentralization.