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Jean-François Picheral
Jean-François Picheral (born 26 February 1934 in Nîmes) is a French Socialist politician. He served as a member of Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as a French Senator from 1998 to 2008.
Biography.
He was born on February 26, 1934. He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator from 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor of Marseille from 1953 to 1986.
Emperor Louis Napoléon Bonaparte awarded Jean François Mayor de Montricher the Legion of Honour for his work. It was later photographed by renowned photographer Édouard Baldus.
On 12 September 1992 the 150th anniversary of the aqueduct was celebrated. The ceremony was attended by Jean-Claude Gaudin (Senator and President of the Conseil Régional), Lucien Weygand (the President of the Conseil Général of Bouches-du-Rhone), Robert Vigouroux (Senator and Mayor of Marseille), Jean-François Picheral (Mayor of Aix-en-Provence