Louis Mermaz
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Louis Mermaz (20 August 1931 – 15 August 2024) was a French politician.
Life and career
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. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1990 to 1992, and Minister of Relations with Parliament in the Bérégovoy government from 1992 to 1993. 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.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byFernand Icart | Minister of Transport 1981 | Succeeded byCharles Fiterman |
| Preceded byJacques Chaban-Delmas | President of the National Assembly 1981–1986 | Succeeded byJacques Chaban-Delmas |
| Preceded byPierre Méhaignerie | Minister of Transport 1988 | Succeeded byMichel Delebarre |
| Preceded byHenri Nallet | Minister of Agriculture 1990–1992 | Succeeded byJean-Pierre Soisson |
| Preceded byMartin Malvy | Minister of Relations with Parliament 1992–1993 | Succeeded byPascal Clément Roger Romani |
| Preceded byMartin Malvy | Government's spokesperson 1992–1993 | Succeeded byNicolas Sarkozy |