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Jean-François Mattei

Jean-François Mattei

French doctor and politician

This article is about the French politician. For the philosopher Jean-François Mattéi, see Jean-François Mattéi.

Jean-François Mattei (born 14 January 1943) is a French doctor and politician.

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Medical career

Jean-François Mattei is a professor of pediatrics and genetics.[1] He served as the director of Genetics at the teaching hospital of Marseilles. He was an advisor of the Comité consultatif national d'éthique (CCNE) until 1997, and has been a titular member of the French Académie Nationale de Médecine since June 2000.[2] He was also the president of the French Red Cross.[3] until 22 June 2013.[4]

Elected positions

On 4 December 1989, he was elected to the second district of Bouches-du-Rhône, replacing Jean-Claude Gaudin, who had been elected to the Senate; he was then re-elected to this position in 1993, 1997, and 2002.[5] Dominique Tian replaced him in 2007. Since 1983 he has been a councillor of the municipality of Marseille, and a regional advisor for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Mattei originally belonged to the Union for French Democracy (UDF), and was elected chairman of the Liberal Democracy and Independents (DLI) when it split from the UDF in October 2000. Later he joined Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Role in 2003 heat wave

Mattei served as health minister during the 2003 European heat wave, in which over 11000 French people, mostly elderly, died of heat-related illnesses.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Health Policy, Volume 78, Issue 1, pp. 8–16
  2. [2]
    "Jean-François Mattéi (Ministre)". 14 January 1943.
  3. [3]
    "Présidence".
  4. [4]
    "Jean-Jacques Eledjam réélu Président de la Croix-Rouge française".
  5. [5]
    National Assembly Website; separate pages exist for his terms in the 10th and 12th legislatures.
  6. [6]
    "'Over 11,000' dead in French heat". 29 August 2003.


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