About Roger Meï
Lived 1935 – 2025 (aged 90). Roger Meï was a French politician and pensioner.
Roger Meï (3 May 1935 – 4 May 2025) was a French politician.
Life and career Meï's grandfather immigrated to France from Tuscany, settling in La Ciotat, where he found work at a shipyard. Meï was born in Hyères on 3 May 1935, and grew up poor on Porquerolles.
Meï was elected mayor of Gardanne in 1977 and served for 43 years, until Hervé Granier replaced in him in 2020. Each of his mayoral opponents had lost in the first round, except during the 1989 election cycle. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1996 to 2002, representing Bouches-du-Rhône's 10th constituency for the French Communist Party.
Meï died in Gardanne on 4 May 2025, at the age of 90.
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French politician
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Roger Meï was born on 3 May 1935 in Hyères.
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Roger Meï died on 4 May 2025 in Gardanne.
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Roger Meï was a politician and pensioner.
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