Michel Delebarre

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Michel Delebarre
Delebarre in 2010
Member of the Senate for Nord
In office 1 October 2011 – 1 October 2017
Preceded by	Pierre Mauroy
Succeeded by	Frédéric Marchand
Mayor of Dunkirk
In office 20 March 1989 – 5 April 2014
Preceded by	Claude Prouvoyeur
Succeeded by	Patrice Vergriete
President of the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais
In office 1998–2001
Preceded by	Marie-Christine Blandin
Succeeded by	Daniel Percheron
Minister of Transport and the Sea
In office 28 June 1988 – 21 December 1990
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Michel Rocard
Preceded by	Louis Mermaz
Succeeded by	Louis Besson
Personal details
Born	(1946-04-27)27 April 1946 Bailleul, France
Died	9 April 2022(2022-04-09) (aged 75) Lille, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Michel Delebarre (27 April 1946 – 9 April 2022) was a French politician who was a member of the Senate of France.^[1] He represented the Nord department, and was a member of the Socialiste, radical, citoyen et divers gauche. He was also mayor of Dunkirk.^[2]

Michel Delebarre graduated with a degree in Geography. In 1982, he was appointed Head of Private Office for Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy. During François Mitterrand's Presidency he held several ministerial posts between 1984 and 1986 and between 1988 and 1993. His portfolios included: Labour, Social Affairs, Transport, and the Public Service. He was also appointed the first Minister for urban planning.

In 1989, Michel Delebarre was elected Mayor of Dunkirk (re-elected in 1995, 2001, 2008) and in 2002 he was elected as a member of the French National Assembly on behalf of the Parti Socialiste (re-elected in 2007). From 1998 to 2001 he was President of the Regional Council of "Nord-Pas-de Calais". From 1999 until 2008, Michel Delebarre chaired the largest French Association of Social Housing (Union Sociale pour l'Habitat) representing 820 local branches with a 5 mln rental housing stock.

Involved in the wiretap scandal (President François Mitterrand and Jean-Edern Hallier), he was condemned by justice in 2005.^[3]

In February 2006 he was elected President of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union (CoR). Between February 2008 and 2010, he was First Vice-President of the CoR. Delebarre dies in Lille on 9 April 2022 at the age of 75.^[4]