Jean-François Picheral (26 February 1934 – 12 October 2024) was a French Socialist politician. He served as Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and French Senator from 1998 to 2008.
Biography Picheral was born on 26 February 1934.French Senate He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre (1910–1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator from 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor of Marseille from 1953 to 1986.Gérard Unger, Gaston Defferre, Paris: Fayard, 2011
He worked as a radiologist.Une ville où l'on cultive l'art de retourner sa veste, La Provence, 6 July 2009Picheral est-il invincible ? , Le Point, 12 January 2001Richard de Vendeuil, Trois fois Picheral, L'Express, 9 November 2000
A socialist, he served as Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as French Senator from 1998 to 2008.Pierre Martin, Les élections municipales en France: depuis 1945, La Documentation Française, 2001, p. 213
Picheral died on 12 October 2024, at the age of 90.Maire d’Aix-en-Provence de 1989 à 2001, Jean-François Picheral est mort
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