Gilbert Annette

Gilbert Annette (born 10 March 1946) is a Malagasy politician. He represented Réunion in the French National Assembly from 1993-1997 [1] and has been the Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion between 2008 and 2020.

Gilbert Annette
Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion
In office
16 March 2008  4 July 2020
Preceded byRené-Paul Victoria
Succeeded byEricka Bareigts
Member of the National Assembly
for Réunion's 1st constituency
In office
2 April 1993  21 April 1997
Preceded byAuguste Legros
Succeeded byMichel Tamaya
Personal details
Born (1946-03-10) 10 March 1946
Antsiranana, Madagascar
NationalityFrench
Political partySocialist Party
Alma materIAE de La Réunion

Career

Annette is a member of the Socialist Party. He became a member of the Départemental Council in 1983 and a member of the Regional Council in 1988. He was the Mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion from 1989–1994 and was reelected in 2008.

He was a Deputy from 1993-1997 and was convicted for corruption in 1996. He was sentenced to 5 years of deprivation of his civil rights, a 200.000 FRF (30.000 €) fine and 30 months in prison. Since 2004 he has been the 1st secretary of the socialist federation of Reunion. He was re-elected mayor of Saint-Denis, Réunion in 2008 with 53,83% of the votes.

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