Georges Chometon

Georges Chometon (9 November 1928 – 27 September 2024) was a French politician.

Life and career

Georges Chometon was born in Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel, Puy-de-Dôme on 9 November 1928. His first career was as a butcher.

In 1953, Chometon married Ginette Chometon. The couple had four daughters and celebrated their 60th anniversary in July 2013.

Chometon died in Ambert on 27 September 2024, at the age of 95.

Offices to which he was elected

• Municipal council member in Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel (Puy-de-Dôme) from 1953
• Assistant mayor Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel from 1959 to 1971
• Mayor of Saint-Bonnet-le-Chastel from 1971 to 2008
• President of the Communauté de communes du Haut-Livradois from 2002 to 20??
• General Conseiller from Puy-de-Dôme from 1973 to 2004, elected in the (canton de Saint-Germain-l'Herm). He lost on March 28, 2004, to a candidate representing the "various left" (divers gauche) who was 34 years his junior.
• President of the Conseil général du Puy-de-Dôme from 1992 to 1998.
• Representative to the National Assembly from Puy-de-Dôme from March 16, 1986, to June 12, 1988.

Political allegiance

• Union gaulliste (led by René Capitant)
• Mouvement républicain populaire (MRP)
• centriste (center)
• Centre of Social Democrats politicians (CDS) starting in 1978
• President of the CDS departmental federation in 1992
• Union for French Democracy (while a representative 1986-1988)

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