Roger Quilliot

Roger Quilliot
Roger Quilliot
Minister of Housing
	In office; 1981–1983
President	François Mitterrand
Prime Minister	Pierre Mauroy
Preceded by	Marcel Cavaillé
Succeeded by	Paul Quilès
Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand
	In office; 1973–1997
Preceded by	Gabriel Montpied
Succeeded by	Serge Godard
Personal details
Born	19 June 1925; Hermaville, France
Died	17 July 1998 (aged 73); Clermont-Ferrand, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Roger Quilliot (19 June 1925 – 17 July 1998) was a French politician. He served as Housing Minister from May 22 to June 23, 1981, under former French President François Mitterrand.^[1] He was also a Socialist member of the French Senate for the Puy-de-Dôme from 1974 to 1981, then from 1983 to April 1998, and again from September 1986 to 1998.^[1] He also served as the Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand from 1973 to 1998.^[2]

Biography

Roger Quilliot was born on June 19, 1925 in Hermaville, France.^[1] He received a PhD and the agrégation in Literature, and he edited the oeuvre of Albert Camus in La Pléiade.^[2] He was a personal friend of Camus's.^[2] Politically, he was close to Gaston Defferre and Pierre Mauroy.^[2]

He committed suicide on July 17, 1998.^[2] He was survived by his wife, Claire Quilliot.^[2] The Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot in Clermont-Ferrand was named after him.^[3]

Bibliography

La liberté aux dimensions humaines (1967)
L'homme sur le pavois (1982, with Claire Quilliot)
Mémoires (1999, posthumous)
Mémoires II (2001, with Claire Quilliot, posthumous)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Senate webpage
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 'Roger Quilliot se suicide avec son épouse. Sa femme est en réanimation.', in Libération, July 18, 1998 [1]
^ City council webpage

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[senate-1] Senate webpage

[liberation-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 'Roger Quilliot se suicide avec son épouse. Sa femme est en réanimation.', in Libération, July 18, 1998 [1]

[3] City council webpage

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