Philippe Duron

Philippe Duron
Member of the National Assembly
for Calvados's 1st constituency
In office
20 June 2007 – 20 June 2017
Preceded byBrigitte Le Brethon
Succeeded byFabrice Le Vigoureux
In office
12 June 1997 – 19 June 2002
Preceded byFrancis Saint-Ellier
Succeeded byBrigitte Le Brethon
Mayor of Caen
In office
23 March 2008 – 5 April 2014
Preceded byBrigitte Le Brethon
Succeeded byJoël Bruneau
President of the Regional Council
of Lower Normandy
In office
2 April 2004 – 2 April 2008
Preceded byRené Garrec
Succeeded byLaurent Beauvais
Mayor of Louvigny
In office
20 March 1989 – 2 April 2004
Preceded byJoseph Decaen
Succeeded byPatrick Ledoux
Personal details
Born (1947-06-19) 19 June 1947 (age 77)
Antony, France
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materUniversity of Caen Normandy
ProfessionTeacher

Philippe Duron (born 19 June 1947) is a French politician. He was the mayor of Caen between 2008 and 2014 and deputy for Calvados's 1st constituency.

Philippe Duron received a degree in history in 1975 and was a teacher in Lisieux and the Lycée Augustin-Fresnel in Caen until 1997. His political models are Pierre Mendès France and François Mitterrand. As first secretary of the Socialist Party in Calvados, he has been successful in uniting the parties on the left in all of Lower Normandy.

He was elected president of the regional council of Lower Normandy on March 28, 2004, the first member of France's Socialist Party to be elected to this office. He defeated the incumbent for 18 years, René Garrec.

Philippe Duron has also been the mayor of Louvigny (Calvados), and was elected mayor of Caen on 16 March 2008.

He served as deputy to the National Assembly from 1997 to 2001, and again from 2007 to 2017.

Due to the limits on the number of elected positions that can be held simultaneously in France, he stepped down from the regional presidency on 3 April 2008.