Gérard Colomb

Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of the Greater Lyon urban community, France

Biography

Date of birth: 20 June 1947, in Chalon-sur-Saône
Son of Marc Collomb, Foreman, and Marcelle Collomb, née Cuissard
Married, five children

Education: Lycée du Parc, Lyon, Faculty of Arts, Lyon

Diploma: Holder of the “Agrégation” (competitive recruitment exam for high school and university teachers) in Classics

Past terms of office

1981 – 1988:    Member of Parliament for the Rhone Department
1992 – 1999:    Regional Councillor for the Rhone-Alps Region
1986 – 1993:    National Secretary of the “Partie Socialiste” (PS, Socialist Party)
1987 – 2001:    City Councillor for Lyon
1989 – 1994:    Member of the Economic and Social Council

1995 - 2001:        Mayor of the 9th district of Lyon
President of the “Socialiste, Radical de Gauche et Apparentés” (Socialist, Left-Wing Radical and Allies) group on the Lyon City Council
Vice-President of the Urban Community
President of the Commission for Economic Development and Major Projects
 

CURRENT POSTS

• Since 1992: General Secretary of the Jean Jaurès Foundation, Paris.
• Since 1999: Senator for the Rhone Department
  Member of the Commission for Cultural Affairs and the following parliamentary alliances: France-South America, France-Armenia, France-Israel, France-People’s Republic of China
• Since 2001: Mayor of Lyon
• Since 2001: President of Greater Lyon (Urban Community of Lyon)