He will have devoted forty years of his life to politics.
Michel Berson (PS) died on Thursday at the age of 75 from cancer, at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges hospital (Val-de-Marne).
This outstanding figure of the department was successively mayor of Crosne (1977-1998), deputy (1981-1997), president of the general council of Essonne (1998-2011) and senator (2011-2017).
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But it was especially his 13 years at the head of the department that marked the spirits.
“Of all the mandates he has held, this is the one that was closest to his heart,” writes Antoine Pavani, one of his relatives.
"A monument of Essonne"
"It is a monument of Essonne which fell, it's a sad day, says Jérôme Guedj (PS), who had been his vice-president in the department before succeeding him in 2011. Essonne flowed in each one of his veins.
He was a great chairman of the department.
He gave her a perspective, a vision.
I loved learning from him and I was proud to serve him for 13 years.
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It is with great sadness that I learn of the disappearance of Michel Berson.
I had the honor of being his vice-president at @CDEssonne for 13 years before he handed over to me in 2011. He loved politics, the left and Essonne.
An Essonnian monument pic.twitter.com/iESOwLPGG2
- Jérôme Guedj (@JeromeGuedj) April 8, 2021
“I had seen him recently, breathes François Durovray (LR), current president of the departmental council.
We saw each other regularly.
We talked about the land, the future.
I didn't expect him to leave so quickly.
We both have a special story.
I was one of the architects of his loss in the legislative elections in 1997. But suddenly, he took the head of the department in 1998. We have the same love of the territory.
I had more than respect for him, affection.
I am personally touched.
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Among Michel Berson's outstanding achievements, we can cite the Genopole in Evry-Courcouronnes, the Soleil synchrotron in Gif-sur-Yvette, the creation of the youth card, the establishment of the National Rugby Center in Marcoussis, the first Agenda 21 department of France ...
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