{"id":3845,"date":"2020-05-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2020-06-12T14:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:46:06","slug":"claude-goasguen-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=3845","title":{"rendered":"Claude Goasguen, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Claude Goasguen \u2011 a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly for Paris from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1997 until his death in 2020 – died on 28 May 2020 from Covid-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A member of The Republicans, he also briefly was Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship in 1995 under Prime Minister Alain Juppé.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Claude Goasguen was born on 12 March 1945 in Toulon, France. He received a Doctorate in Law. From 1976 to 1986, he taught at Paris 13 University, and he served as the Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1984.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

From 1986 to 1988, he served as advisor to the Minister of National Education, René Monory, with regards to the links between universities and the private sector, and professional training. From December 1987 to January 1991, he served as university rector.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

From May to November 1995, he was Minister of State Reforms, Decentralisation and Citizenship. From April 1996 to May 1998, he was the General Secretary of the now defunct Union pour la Démocratie Française, and from June 1998 to April 2002, he was Vice-President and Spokesperson of the defunct Démocratie Libérale. Since 2003, he has also worked as a lawyer in Paris.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was well known for his controversial comments on the Palestinian people and on the Muslim community living in France.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Goasguen was a vigorous supporter of oppressed Christian minorities in the Near East and has spoken prominently at public meetings concerning them in Autumn 2015. He was a recipient of the Legion of Honour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He died on 28 May 2020 in Issy-les-Moulineaux at the age of 75 from a heart attack after having contracted COVID-19 earlier in March.<\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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