French politician
Raymond Forni (French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃ fɔʁni] ; 20 May 1941 – 5 January 2008) was a French Socialist politician.
Biography
The son of an Italian immigrant from Piedmont ,[1] Forni was born in Belfort , in 1941. His father died when he was 11. At 17, he had to stop studying, and he started to work as an unskilled worker in Peugeot factories. He finally graduated from high school at 21 and started law studies at the University of Strasbourg . He became a lawyer at the age of 27 years.[citation needed ]
Member of the Socialist Party , his political career started in 1971 when he became municipal council. In 1973, he was elected as deputy of Territoire de Belfort département . He got reelected four times consecutively, until 2002.
He was President of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2002. He was president of the Franche-Comté regional council from 2 April 2004, until his death.[citation needed ]
He died in Paris on 5 January 2008, at the age of 66, of leukaemia .[2] He was married twice and had five sons.
He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2000).[citation needed ]
Political career
National Assembly of France
Regional Council
General Council
General councillor of the Territoire de Belfort : 1976-1982/1987-2001. Elected in 1976, reelected in 1987, 1988, 1994.
Municipal Council
Mayor of Delle : 1991-2004 (Resignation).
1st deputy-mayor of Delle : 1989-91/2004-08 (died 2008)
Municipal councillor of Delle : 1989-2008 (died 2008)
Municipal councillor of Montreux-Château (1971–77)
Municipal councillor of Fontaine : 1983-89
Bibliography
Un enfant de la République (a son of the Republic) , in 2002 (ISBN 2-234-05458-3 )
References
Chamber of Deputies of the Departments, 1815–1830 Chamber of Deputies, 1830–1848 National Constituent Assembly, 1848–1849 National Legislative Assembly, 1849–1852 Legislative Corps, 1852–1870 Chamber of Deputies, 1871–1940 Consultative Assembly, 1943–1945 Constituent National Assembly, 1945–1946 National Assembly, 1946–present
International National People Other