Philippe Duron

Philippe Duron (born 19 June 1947) is a French politician. He was the mayor of Caen between 2008 and 2014 and deputy for Calvados's 1st constituency.

Philippe Duron received his Baccalauréat in 1968 and a degree in history from the University of Caen in 1975. He was a teacher in Lisieux and the Lycée Augustin-Fresnel in Caen until 1997. His political models are Pierre Mendès France and François Mitterrand. As first secretary of the Socialist Party in Calvados, he has been successful in uniting the parties on the left in all of Lower Normandy.

He was elected president of the regional council of Lower Normandy on March 28, 2004, the first member of France's Socialist Party to be elected to this office. He defeated the incumbent for 18 years, René Garrec.

Philippe Duron has also been the mayor of Louvigny (Calvados) between 1989 and 2004, and was elected mayor of Caen on 16 March 2008.

He served as deputy to the National Assembly from 1997 to 2001, and again from 2007 to 2017.

Due to the limits on the number of elected positions that can be held simultaneously in France, he stepped down from the regional presidency on 3 April 2008.