Raymond Forni

Raymond Forni


President of the National Assembly
In office 29 March 2000 – 18 June 2002
President	Jacques Chirac
Preceded by	Laurent Fabius
Succeeded by	Jean-Louis Debré
6th President of Franche-Comté
In office 2 April 2004 – 5 January 2008
Deputy	Marie-Marguerite Dufay
Preceded by	Jean-François Humbert
Succeeded by	Marie-Marguerite Dufay
Personal details
Born	(1941-05-20)20 May 1941 Belfort, France
Died	5 January 2008(2008-01-05) (aged 66) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Political party	French Socialist Party

Raymond Forni (20 May 1941 – 5 January 2008) was a French Socialist politician.

Biography

Son of an Italian immigrant from Piedmont,^[1] Forni was born in Belfort, in 1941. His father died when he was 11. At 17, he had to stop studying, and he started to work as an unskilled worker in Peugeot factories. He finally graduated from high school at 21 and started law studies in Strasbourg. He became a lawyer at the age of 27 years.

Member of the Socialist Party, his political career started in 1971 when he became municipal council. In 1973, he was elected as deputy of Territoire de Belfort département. He got reelected four times consecutively, until 2002. He was President of the National Assembly from 2000 to 2002. He was president of the Franche-Comté regional council from April 2, 2004, until his death.

He died in Paris on 5 January 2008, at the age of 66, of leukaemia.^[2] He got married two times and had 5 sons.

He was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2000).^[3]

Political career

National Assembly of France

President of the National Assembly of France : 2000-2002.

Vice President of the National Assembly : 1991-1993 / 1998-2000.

President of Law Committee in the National Assembly : 1981-1985.

Member of the National Assembly of France for Territoire de Belfort (1st constituency) : 1973-1985 (Resignation) / 1988-1993 / 1997-2002.

Regional Council

President of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté : 2004-2008 (He died in 2008).

Regional councillor of Franche-Comté : 2004-2008.

General Council

General councillor of the Territoire de Belfort : 1976-1982 / 1987-2001. Elected in 1976, reelected in 1987, 1988, 1994.

Municipal Council

Mayor of Delle : 1991-2004 (Resignation).

1st deputy-mayor of Delle : 1989-1991 / 2004-2008 (He died in 2008).

Municipal councillor of Delle : 1989-2008 (He died in 2008).

Municipal councillor of Montreux-Château : 1971-1977.

Municipal councillor of Fontaine : 1983-1989.

Bibliography

Un enfant de la République (a son of the Republic), in 2002 (ISBN 2-234-05458-3)

References

↑ Ory, Pascal (2013). Dictionnaire des étrangers qui ont fait la France. Robert Laffont. p. 558. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
↑ Le socialiste Raymond Forni est mort, DECES
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Political offices
Preceded by Laurent Fabius	President of the National Assembly 2000-2002	Succeeded by Jean-Louis Debré
Preceded by Jean-François Humbert	President of Franche-Comté 2004-2008	Succeeded by Marie-Marguerite Dufay

Presidents of the National Assembly of France

Chamber of Deputies of the Departments, 1815-1830	Joseph, Vicomte Lainé Étienne, Duc Pasquier Pierre, Comte de Serre Ravez Royer-Collard

Chamber of Deputies, 1830-1848	Perier Laffitte Perier Louis, baron Girod de l'Ain Dupin Passy Sauzet

National Constituent Assembly, 1848-1849	Buchez Sénard Alexandre Marie Marrast

National Legislative Assembly, 1849–1852	Dupin

Legislative Corps, 1852–1870	Billault Charles, duc de Morny Alexandre, comte Walewski Schneider

Chamber of Deputies (Third Republic), 1871–1940	Grévy Buffet Audiffret-Pasquier Grévy (provisional to 13 March 1876) Gambetta Brisson Floquet Méline Floquet Casimir-Perier Dupuy Casimir-Perier Burdeau Brisson Deschanel Bourgeois Brisson Doumer Brisson Deschanel Péret Painlevé Herriot Péret Bouisson Herriot

Consultative Assembly (Free French), 1943–1945	Gouin

Constituent National Assembly, 1945-1946	Gouin Auriol

Fourth Republic, 1946–1958	Auriol Herriot Le Troquer Schneiter Le Troquer

Fifth Republic	Chaban-Delmas Peretti Faure Chaban-Delmas Mermaz Chaban-Delmas Fabius Emmanuelli Séguin Fabius Forni Debré Ollier Accoyer Bartolone

Presidents of Franche-Comté

Faure Chevènement Faure Chantelat Humbert Forni Dufay

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