Claude Goasguen

Claude Goasguen
Claude Goasguen
	Goasguen in 2008
Mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris
	In office; 19 March 2008 – 11 July 2017
Preceded by	Pierre-Christian Taittinger
Succeeded by	Danièle Giazzi
Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship
	In office; 18 May 1995 – 7 November 1995
Prime Minister	Alain Juppé
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Dominique Perben
Member of the National Assembly; for Paris
	In office; 12 June 1997 – 28 May 2020
Preceded by	Georges Mesmin
Succeeded by	Sandra Boëlle
Constituency	14th
	In office; 2 May 1993 – 18 June 1995
Preceded by	Jacques Toubon
Succeeded by	Jacques Toubon
Constituency	10th
Councillor of Paris
	In office; 1983–2020
Mayor	Jacques Chirac; Jean Tiberi; Bertrand Delanoë; Anne Hidalgo
Personal details
Born	12 March 1945; Toulon, France
Died	28 May 2020 (aged 75); Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Cause of death	Cardiac arrest
Political party	Independent Republicans (1966–1977); Centre of Social Democrats (1977–1995); Democratic Force (1995–1997); Liberal Democracy (1997–2002); UMP (2002–2015); The Republicans (2015–2020)
Education	Lycée Henri-IV
Alma mater	Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University
Profession	Lawyer

Claude Goasguen (12 March 1945 – 28 May 2020) was 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. 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

Early years

Claude Goasguen was born in Toulon, Var.^[3] He received a Doctorate in Law from Panthéon-Assas University.^[3] From 1976 to 1986, he taught at Paris 13 University, and he served as the Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1984.^[3] 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.^[3] From December 1987 to January 1991, he served as university rector.^[3]

Cabinet member

From May to November 1995, Goasguen served as Minister of State Reforms, Decentralisation and Citizenship under Prime Minister Juppé.^[3] From April 1996 to May 1998, he was secretary general of the now-defunct FD and its successor the UDF; from June 1998 to April 2002, he was vice-president and spokesperson of the now-defunct Liberal Democracy.^[3] From 2003, he also worked as a lawyer in Paris.^[3]

He was well known for his controversial comments on the Palestinian people^[4] and on the Muslim community living in France.^[5]

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.^[3] 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 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.^[6] He was replaced in the Assembly by Sandra Boëlle.^[7]