Jean-Claude Gaudin

Jean-Claude Gaudin
Gaudin in 2011
Vice President of the French Senate
In office
8 October 2014 – 22 September 2017
PresidentGérard Larcher
Succeeded byValérie Létard
In office
6 October 1998 – 28 March 2011
PresidentChristian Poncelet
Gérard Larcher
Leader of Union for a Popular Movement
in the Senate
In office
8 March 2011 – 1 October 2014
Preceded byGérard Longuet
Succeeded byBruno Retailleau
Senator of Bouches-du-Rhône
In office
1 October 1998 – 22 September 2017
Succeeded byAnne-Marie Bertrand
Mayor of Marseille
In office
25 June 1995 – 4 July 2020
Preceded byRobert Vigouroux
Succeeded byMichèle Rubirola
Minister of the City
In office
7 November 1995 – 2 June 1997
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterAlain Juppé
Preceded byBernard Pons
Succeeded byDominique Voynet
Personal details
Born(1939-10-08)8 October 1939
Marseille, France
Died20 May 2024(2024-05-20) (aged 84)
Saint-Zacharie, France
Political partyThe Republicans
(2015–2024)
Other political
affiliations
National Centre of Independents and Peasants
(1965–1973)
Independent Republicans
(1973–1977)
Republican Party
(1977–1997)
Union for French Democracy
(1997–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)

Jean-Claude Gaudin (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ klod ɡodɛ̃] ; 8 October 1939 – 20 May 2024) was a French politician for The Republicans. He served as the Mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020.

Gaudin was a member of the National Assembly of France from Bouches-du-Rhône from 1978 to 1989 and was a member of the French Senate from 1989 to 1995 and again from 1998. From 1995 to 1997, he served as Minister of Territorial Development in Alain Juppé's Second Cabinet.

Gaudin served as Vice-President of the Senate from 1998 to 2011; as Vice-President of UMP 2002–2007 and as one of several Vice-Presidents for UMP 2013–2014.