{{Short description|French politician (1945–2020)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Claude Goasguen | image = Claude Goasguen, gymnase Japy 2008 02 27 n8.jpg | caption = Goasguen in 2008 | office2 = Member of the National Assembly<br>for Paris | term_start2 = 12 June 1997 | term_end2 = 28 May 2020 | constituency2 = 14th | predecessor2 = Georges Mesmin | successor2 = Sandra Boëlle | term_start3 = 2 May 1993 | term_end3 = 18 June 1995 | predecessor3 = Jacques Toubon | successor3 = Jacques Toubon | constituency3 = 10th | office = Mayor of the 16th arrondissement of Paris | term_start = 19 March 2008 | term_end = 11 July 2017 | predecessor = Pierre-Christian Taittinger | successor = Danièle Giazzi | office1 = Minister of Reform of the State, Decentralisation and Citizenship | term_start1 = 18 May 1995 | term_end1 = 7 November 1995 | prime_minister1 = Alain Juppé | predecessor1 = ''Position established'' | successor1 = Dominique Perben | office4 = Councillor of Paris | term_start4 = 1983 | term_end4 = 2020 | 4blankname4 = Mayor | 4namedata4 = Jacques Chirac<br>Jean Tiberi<br>Bertrand Delanoë<br>Anne Hidalgo | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|03|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Toulon, France | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|05|28|1945|03|12}} | death_place = Issy-les-Moulineaux, France | death_cause = Cardiac arrest | party = Independent Republicans {{nowrap|(1966–1977)}}<br>Centre of Social Democrats {{nowrap|(1977–1995)}}<br>Democratic Force {{nowrap|(1995–1997)}}<br>Liberal Democracy {{nowrap|(1997–2002)}}<br>UMP {{nowrap|(2002–2015)}}<br>The Republicans {{nowrap|(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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/1498.asp |work=National Assembly webpage |title=M. Claude Goasguen |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name='anfr'>{{cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/elections/2007/resultats/LDD_DEP.csv.asp |access-date=4 July 2010 |title=LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS |language=fr |work=National Assembly of France |date=17 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="official">{{cite web |url=http://www.claude-goasguen.org/site/interieur.php?rubr=19 |title=Claude Goasguen Portrait |access-date=24 May 2019 |work=claude-goasguen.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211052343/http://claude-goasguen.org/site/interieur.php?rubr=19 |archive-date=11 February 2009 |language=fr |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Biography== ===Early years=== Claude Goasguen was born in Toulon, Var.<ref name="official"/> He received a Doctorate in Law from Panthéon-Assas University.<ref name="official"/> From 1976 to 1986, he taught at Paris 13 University, and he served as the Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1984.<ref name="official"/> 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.<ref name="official"/> From December 1987 to January 1991, he served as university rector.<ref name="official"/>
===Cabinet member=== From May to November 1995, Goasguen served as Minister of State Reforms, Decentralisation and Citizenship under Prime Minister Juppé.<ref name="official"/> 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.<ref name="official"/> From 2003, he also worked as a lawyer in Paris.<ref name="official"/>
He was well known for his controversial comments on the Palestinian people<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2008/03/20/goasguen-les-palestiniens-et-le-peuple-sauvage-de-terroristes |title=Goasguen, les Palestiniens et le " peuple sauvage de terroristes " |work=Rue 89 |date=20 March 2008 |access-date=24 May 2019 |first=Zineb |last=Dryef |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416063210/http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2008/03/20/goasguen-les-palestiniens-et-le-peuple-sauvage-de-terroristes |archive-date=16 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> and on the Muslim community living in France.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/video-l-ump-claude-goasguen-mis-en-cause-pour-des-propos-anti-musulmans-17-02-2014-3598829.php |title=L'UMP Claude Goasguen mis en cause pour des propos anti-musulmans |newspaper=Le Parisien |date=17 February 2014 |access-date=24 May 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>
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.<ref name="official"/> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2020/05/28/claude-goasguen-depute-les-republicains-de-paris-est-mort_6041029_3382.html|title=Claude Goasguen, député Les Républicains de Paris, est mort|date=28 May 2020|work=Le Monde|language=French}}</ref> He was replaced in the Assembly by Sandra Boëlle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=ActeursPublics|title=Après le décès de Claude Goasguen, sa suppléante prend la relève à l'Assemblée nationale {{!}} Nominations {{!}} Acteurs Publics|url=https://www.acteurspublics.fr/nomination/apres-le-deces-de-claude-goasguen-sa-suppleante-prend-la-releve-a-lassemblee-nationale|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Après le décès de Claude Goasguen, sa suppléante prend la relève à l'Assemblée nationale {{!}} Nominations {{!}} Acteurs Publics|language=fr}}</ref>
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