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Noël Mamère | |
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.jpg) Noël Mamère in 2009 | |
| Member of theFrench National Assembly forGironde's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 1 June 1997 – 20 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Claude Barran |
| Succeeded by | Loïc Prud'homme |
| Mayor ofBègles | |
| In office 20 March 1989 – 29 June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Moncla |
| Succeeded by | Clément Rossignol Puech |
| Member of the European Parliament forFrance | |
| In office 19 July 1994 – 11 August 1997 | |
| Succeeded by | Henri de Lassus Saint-Geniès |
| Parliamentary group | |
| Member of theAquitaine Regional Council forGironde | |
| In office 23 March 1992 – 25 October 1994 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1948-12-25)25 December 1948 (age 77) |
| Party | GE (1990–1994) CES (1994–1998) LV (1998–2010) EELV (2010–2013) Génération.s (2017–2018) |
| Profession | Journalist |
Noël Mamère (French pronunciation:[nɔɛlmamɛʁ]; born 25 December 1948) is a Frenchjournalist and formerpolitician. He was themayor ofBègles inGironde from 1989 to 2017, as well asdeputy to theFrench National Assembly forGironde's 3rd constituency from 1997 to 2017. He also served as aMember of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1997.
Noël Mamère rose to fame in the 1980s as ajournalist andanchorman, in particular onAntenne 2.
In 1992, he became president ofBrice Lalonde'sEcology Generation party, from which he was expelled in 1994. He then founded "Ecology-Solidarity Convergences", of which he was president, before joiningLes Verts in 1998.
In2002, he was a presidential candidate and garnered 5.25% of the votes.
On 5 June 2004, whilst mayor ofBègles, he stirred up controversy by conducting a marriage ceremony for a male homosexual couple, nine years beforesame-sex marriage became legal in France.[1] The marriage was annulled by the courts on 27 July 2004.[2] The couple appealed to theEuropean Court of Human Rights, who ultimatelyupheld the annulment in 2016, but acknowledged that, by then, it was now legal for them to get married.[3][4]
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Member ofEuropean Parliament : 1994–1997 (Resignation, elected in theNational Assembly of France). Elected in 1994.
Member of theNational Assembly of France forGironde : 1997–2017. Elected in 1997, reelected in 2002, 2007, 2012.
Regional councillor ofAquitaine : 1992–1994 (Resignation) / March 1998 (Resignation). Reelected in 1998.
Mayor ofBègles : 1989–2017. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008, 2014.
Municipal councillor ofBègles : 1989–2017. Reelected in 1995, 2001, 2008, 2014.
Vice-president of theUrban Community of Bordeaux : 1989–2001. Reelected in 1995.
Member of theUrban Community of Bordeaux : 1989–2001. Reelected in 1995.
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