Guy Vadepied
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| Born | June 19, 1938 Évron, France |
| Occupation | Politician |
Guy Vadepied, born on June 19, 1938, in Évron, is a French politician and advertiser. He served as the mayor of Méru and a member of the National Assembly for Oise from 1981 to 1988.
Family
[edit]Guy Vadepied, politician and author, was born on June 19, 1938, in Évron, Mayenne. He is the son of Raoul Vadepied, a former centrist senator and mayor of the same town. In 1974, he was part of François Mitterrand's campaign team, composed of young advertisers and activists from the Socialist Party's communication committee, chaired by Georges Sarre. This team included notable figures like Jean Pierre Audour, Georges Bauchamp, Yann Berriet (creator of the Socialist Party emblem "The Fist and the Rose"), Joseph Daniel, Francis Sorin, Evelyne Soum, and Guy Vadepied himself.
In 1967, he founded the Bernard Thomas Orchestra, which he chaired for many years. He is also the father of director Mathieu Vadepied.[1]
Career
[edit]- The 1974 Campaign
On April 8, at the Extraordinary Congress where François Mitterrand was officially nominated as the Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election, Vadepied presented campaign projects created by his agency. He was accompanied by the agency's creative director, Patricio Valenzuela, a former communication advisor to President Allende, exiled in Paris after the 1973 coup. Mitterrand invited them to present their work at his home. Among those present were Pierre Mauroy, Pierre Joxe, Claude Estier, Edith Cresson, and Claude Manceron. Mitterrand entrusted them with his official campaign portrait and Socialist Party posters, which Pierre Mauroy nicknamed "the Chilean ones."
- Elected Positions
In January 1977, Vadepied became a general councilor for Oise after a by-election, with Mitterrand personally supporting his candidacy. In March 1977, he was elected mayor of Méru, and in 1978, he became a regional councilor for Picardy. Opposed to holding multiple positions, he resigned from his role as general councilor in 2004.
- Financial Mismanagement Case
In 1996, the Regional Audit Office of Picardy declared Vadepied and his finance deputy, Mr. Abraham, financially liable for the management of two municipal associations. After many years, the Conseil d'État overturned this ruling, exonerating both men from any wrongdoing as of January 1, 2004.[2]
- Mayor of Méru (1977–1995)
Méru, a small town whose population doubled between 1962 and 1982, lacked a sewage system in the town center in 1977. Vadepied and his team spent a decade catching up on infrastructure, building various public facilities such as a geriatric service, schools, and high schools. In 1990, they acquired an old button factory, transforming it into a Tablettery Museum, which now draws over 20,000 visitors annually. In 2014, Vadepied was named honorary mayor of Méru.
France Libertés In 1987, Vadepied helped establish a France Libertés committee in Oise. The association was involved in the Méru-Kabou cooperation, a partnership with a small Malian village initiated in 1989.
- Regional Councilor of Picardy (1978–2004)
Vadepied was elected to the regional council in 1978 and served until 2004, with a brief interruption when he was re-elected to the National Assembly (1986–1990). He chaired the socialist group in all his terms and played a key role in cultural initiatives such as the creation of the Picardy Regional Fund for Contemporary Art and the Picardy Orchestra.
- Member of the National Assembly for Oise (1981-1988)
Elected in 1981 and re-elected in 1986, Vadepied served on the Foreign Affairs Committee, undertaking missions in the Soviet Union, the US, and Latin America. He was part of the French parliamentary delegation to the UN in 1985 and 1986 and participated in a mission to Iran and Chile. He contributed to the release of priests imprisoned under Augusto Pinochet’s regime. Vadepied was also rapporteur for the Lomé III Convention and regularly carried out missions in Africa.
- Later Career
In 1988, Vadepied was appointed secretary-general of the National Federation of Socialist and Republican Elected Officials, later becoming its vice-president. He was also close to Lionel Jospin and served as his representative in Oise during the 1995 presidential election. Since 2013, he has been a member of the Information Ethics Observatory, chaired by Patrick Eveno.
Awards
[edit]- Knight of the Palmes académiques
- Knight of the Legion of Honor
- Officer of the Order of Francophonie and Cultural Dialogue[3]
Publications
[edit]- Les Chants qui montent dans la ville (1990)
- Marcel Dassault ou Les ailes du pouvoir (2003)
- Émilien Amaury: The True Story of a 20th Century Press Mogul (2009)
- They Made the Press (2010)
- Mary Cassatt, The Impressionists and America (2014)
- Méru: Grandeur and Vicissitudes of Municipal Power (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "Mathieu Vadepied, le fils de l'ex maire de Méru présente son film à Beauvais". 23 August 2015.
- ^ Décision du Conseil d'Etat du 16 juin 2008 annulant l'arrêt 43671 rendu par la Cour Régionale des Comptes le 24 novembre 2005 qui rejetait les requêtes des gestionnaires de fait de la commune de Méru (Oise).
- ^ "TABLE NOMINATIVE établie par le Service des Archives de l'Assemblée Nationale" (PDF) (in French). 1981. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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