Marcel Garrouste (22 April 1921 – 5 September 2021) was a French politician.[1] A member of the Socialist Party (PS), he served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1986 and again from 1988 to 1993.

Marcel Garrouste
Member of the French National Assembly
In office
23 June 1988 – 1 April 1993
Preceded byposition established (party-list proportional system)
Succeeded byDaniel Soulage
ConstituencyLot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency
In office
3 April 1978 – 1 April 1986
ConstituencyLot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency
Mayor of Penne-d'Agenais
In office
March 1971 – March 1983
Succeeded byGisèle Graf
General Councilor of the Canton of Penne-d'Agenais [fr]
In office
1976–1982
Preceded byJacques Bordeneuve
Succeeded byRené Lalbat
Personal details
Born22 April 1921
Trémons, France
Died5 September 2021(2021-09-05) (aged 100)
Political partyPS

Biography

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Garrouste served as Mayor of Penne-d'Agenais from 1971 to 1983[2] and as General Councilor of the Canton of Penne-d'Agenais [fr] from 1976 to 1982. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1976, serving Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency and was re-elected in 1981. He returned to the National Assembly in 1988 before retiring in 1993.[3] He published his autobiography in 2018.[4]

Marcel Garrouste died on 5 September 2021 at the age of 100.[5]

Books

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  • Modes de vie et traditions populaires en Quercy et en Agenais (2015)
  • Un paysan à l'Assemblée nationale (2018)

References

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  1. ^ "Décès de Marcel Garrouste, homme de gauche et paysan attaché à sa terre". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Lot-et-Garonne. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Marcel Garrouste, de la politique à l'Histoire". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Lot-et-Garonne. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Marcel Garrouste" (in French). National Assembly. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Marcel Garrouste, un paysan député, honnête et généreux". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Lot-et-Garonne. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Lot-et-Garonne : l'ancien député Marcel Garrouste n'est plus". Sud Ouest (in French). Villeneuve-Sur-Lot. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.