Alain Claeys

Alain Claeys
Member of the National Assembly of France for 1st Constituency of Vienne
Incumbent
Assumed office 1997 French legislative election
Mayor of Poitiers
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 March 2008
Member of the General Council of Vienne
Member of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council
Personal details
Born	25 August 1948 Poitiers, France
Political party	Socialist Party
Alma mater	University of Poitiers
Profession	Teacher [1]

Alain Claeys (born 25 August 1948) is a French politician. He is a member of the Socialist Party, Mayor of Poitiers since 2008 and a Member of the National Assembly of France for the first constituency of the Vienne department since 1997.^[2] He sits in the Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left group in the National Assembly.

In 2013, as Mayor of Poitiers, he decides the sale of the Poitiers Theater and the destruction of this hall designed by the French architect Édouard Lardillier and built in 1954, in order to realize a commercial gallery and some flats, through a controversial real estate business.^[3]

He graduated from the University of Poitiers.

References

1. "Assemblée nationale ~ Les députés : M. Alain Claeys" (in French). Assemblée Nationale de France. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
2. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
3. Centre Presse , 9 February 2013 ; « Rendre à Édouard Lardillier... », Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Centre Presse, 10 December2013, http://www.centre-presse.fr/article-275253-rendre-a-edouard-lardillier.html ; Cedi Infos n°49, february 2014, http://www.cedifrance.com/infos/infos.htm ; 8 January 2015, http://www.7apoitiers.fr/enquete/1401/le-tribunal-administraif-devra-trancher-sur-la-valeur-reelle-de-l-ancien-theatre