Louis Mermaz

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Louis Mermaz
Mermaz in 1991
President of the French National Assembly
In office 2 July 1981 – 1 April 1986
Preceded by	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Succeeded by	Jacques Chaban-Delmas
French Governmental Affairs Spokesman
In office 1992–1993
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Pierre Bérégovoy
Preceded by	Martin Malvy
Succeeded by	Nicolas Sarkozy
Deputy for Isère's 8th constituency in the French National Assembly
In office 1997–2001
Preceded by	Bernard Saugey
Succeeded by	Jacques Remiller
Personal details
Born	(1931-08-20)20 August 1931 Paris, France
Died	15 August 2024(2024-08-15) (aged 92) Limours, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Louis Mermaz (20 August 1931 – 15 August 2024) was a French politician.

Mermaz became an ally of François Mitterrand in the late 1950s and in 1971 became a member of Mitterrand's staff in the French Socialist Party. In 1967, he was elected Deputy of Isère for the first time.

In 1981, he was appointed Minister of Transport in the first government of socialist Pierre Mauroy, before his election to Presidency of the National Assembly. He served in this office to 1986.^[1] He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1990 to 1992, and Minister of Relations with Parliament in the Bérégovoy government from 1992 to 1993.^[2] He was also Government's spokesperson in the same cabinet.

From 2001 to 2011, he was senator of Isère.

Mermaz died in Limours on 15 August 2024, at the age of 92.^[3]

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