Bernard Stasi
| Bernard Stasi | |
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| Mediator of the French Republic | |
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In office 1998–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Pelletier |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Delevoye |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 July 1930 Reims, France |
| Died | 4 May 2011 (aged 80) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | ÉNA |
Bernard Stasi (4 July 1930, Reims – 4 May 2011) was a French politician. He was the son of Italo-Mexican immigrants. Stasi served as Minister for Overseas Departments and Territories from 2 April 1973 to 27 February 1974.
From 1998 to 2004 he was the Ombudsman of the French Republic.
Bernard Stasi's grandparents and relatives are born in different countries: his paternal family in Italy, his father in Barcelona and his mother in Cuba. He obtained French citizenship at the age of 18 years. He is the brother of Mario Stasi, former bâtonnier of Paris.
A graduate of the École nationale d'administration (ENA) in 1959, he was first appointed chief of staff of the prefect of Algiers. He then advised firms in different management capacities from 1963 to 1968 before becoming MP of the Marne from 1968 to 1973 and from 1974 to 1993 under the Centre of Social Democrats (which became part of Union for French Democracy (UDF). He also served as a minister several times. He was Vice-President of the French National Assembly from 1978 to 1983, President of the Champagne-Ardenne region from 1981 to 1988, member of the European Parliamentfrom 1994 to 1998 and mayor of Épernay from 1970 to 1977 and from 1983 to 2000. In September 1981, following Jacques Chirac and Jacques Toubon he voted with the majority parliamentarian of the left for the abolition of the death penalty, presented by Robert Badinter, and expressed regret that such a measure was enacted by his predecessor. But in the debate on cohabitation that agitated the right between 1984 and March 1986 he sided with Raymond Barre, believing that a general election was - with the 1969 referendum that ended the political career of General de Gaulle - valued as a test for or against the legitimacy of the President of the Republic.
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