Alain Bocquet

{{Short description|French politician}} {{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Alain Bocquet}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alain Bocquet | image = Wallers - Reconnaissance du parcours du Paris-Roubaix le 7 avril 2014 (019).JPG | caption = | office = Mayor of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | term_start = 25 June 1995 | term_end = 30 January 2025 | predecessor = Georges Donnez | successor = | office2 = President of the Communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut | term_start2 = 22 December 2000 | term_end2 = 11 July 2020 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Aymeric Robin | party = PCF | relatives = Éric Bocquet (brother) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|05|06|df=y}} | birth_place = Marquillies, France | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | office3 = French Deputy | predecessor3 = Georges Donnez (19th constituency) Gustave Ansart (20th constituency) | successor3 = Gustave Ansart (19th constituency) Fabien Roussel (20th constituency) | term_start3 = 3 April 1978 | term_end3 = 20 June 2017 | constituency3 = Nord's 19th constituency (1978–1986) Nord (1986–1988) Nord's 20th constituency (1988–2017) | parliamentary_group3 = Communist (1978–2007) GDR(2007–2017) }}

'''Alain Bocquet''' (born 6 May 1946) is a French politician.

A member of the French Communist Party (PCF), he was a Deputy from the Nord department of France between 1978 and 2017 and president of the communist parliamentary group from 1993 to 2007.<ref name="anfr">{{Cite web|author=Office of the Secretary General|year=2012|title=Alain Bocquet|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/551.asp|work=Assemblee-nationale.fr|publisher=National Assembly of France|language=French|accessdate=2 March 2012}}</ref> He served as part of the regional council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais from 1992 to 1998 and was mayor of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux from 1995 to 2025.

== Biography == Bocquet was born in Marquillies in 1946. Before going into politics, he was a social worker.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-14|title=Alain Bocquet (FG), plus ancien député, dresse son bilan après 39 ans à l'Assemblée|url=https://www.challenges.fr/politique/alain-bocquet-fg-plus-ancien-depute-dresse-son-bilan-apres-39-ans-a-l-assemblee_454338|access-date=2022-01-10|website=Challenges|language=fr}}</ref> His younger brother, Éric Bocquet, is also a politician, and in 2016 they published a book together about tax evasion and fraud, ''Sans domicile fisc.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alain Bocquet, député depuis 39 ans, est monté pour la dernière fois à la tribune de l'Assemblée Nationale|url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/alain-bocquet-depute-39-ans-est-monte-derniere-fois-tribune-assemblee-nationale-1196929.html|access-date=2022-01-10|website=France 3 Hauts-de-France|language=fr-FR}}</ref>

== Summary of mandates ==

=== National mandates ===

* 3 April 1978 — 1 April 1986: Deputy of the Nord's 19th constituency. * 2 April 1986 — 14 May 1988: Deputy from the Nord (proportional representation). * 12 June 1988 — 20 June 2017: Deputy of the Nord's 20th constituency.

=== Local mandates ===

* 21 March 1977 — 13 March 1983: Deputy mayor of Lille. * 14 March 983 — 12 March 1989: Municipal councillor of Valenciennes. * 23 March 1992 — 15 March 1998: Regional councillor of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. * 25 June 1995 — 30 January 2025: Mayor of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. * 22 December 2000 — 11 July 2020: President of the communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut.

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