Jean-Claude Gaudin

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Jean-Claude Gaudin
Gaudin in 2011
Vice President of the French Senate
In office 8 October 2014 – 22 September 2017
President	Gérard Larcher
Succeeded by	Valérie Létard
In office 6 October 1998 – 28 March 2011
President	Christian Poncelet Gérard Larcher
Leader of Union for a Popular Movement in the Senate
In office 8 March 2011 – 1 October 2014
Preceded by	Gérard Longuet
Succeeded by	Bruno Retailleau
Senator of Bouches-du-Rhône
In office 1 October 1998 – 22 September 2017
Succeeded by	Anne-Marie Bertrand
Mayor of Marseille
In office 25 June 1995 – 4 July 2020
Preceded by	Robert Vigouroux
Succeeded by	Michèle Rubirola
Minister of the City
In office 7 November 1995 – 2 June 1997
President	Jacques Chirac
Prime Minister	Alain Juppé
Preceded by	Bernard Pons
Succeeded by	Dominique Voynet
Personal details
Born	(1939-10-08)8 October 1939 Marseille, France
Died	20 May 2024(2024-05-20) (aged 84) Saint-Zacharie, France
Political party	The 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.