He was for a long time one of the figures of the French Solialist Party, but it was in the city of Lyon that he made his name. Mayor from 2001 to 2017 and from 2018 to 2020, as well as president of the metropolis of Lyon from 2015 to 2017, he is one of the personalities who left his mark on the third most populous city in France. Suffering from cancer, the former minister fought against a “sneaky” form of the disease for several months. On November 25, 2023, his widow Caroline announced his death in a short message sent to AFP.
Very sad news for his family and loved ones, who were able to pay him a final tribute during his funeral at Saint-Jean Cathedral in Lyon a few days after his death. The widow of the politician, who joined La République en marche during the 2017 presidential election, was supported by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, but also by their five children, Thomas, Anne-Laure, Alexandre, Clémence and Camille. On November 25, exactly 1 year after his disappearance, his daughter Clémence, went to the BFM Lyon set to evoke the memory of her father and pay him a beautiful tribute. “He dedicated his life to public affairs, to politics. He devoted 40 years of his life to it, he left his health behind. But he is part of the history of Lyon and of France”she said.
Gérard Collomb no longer the same after his visit to Place Beauvau
The opportunity for the daughter of the man who filed a complaint for Yann Moix's “anti-cop” remarks a few years ago, to return to a pivotal period in the life of Gérard Collomb, his accession to the Ministry of the Interior in 2017. A position in which he will only stay for a little over a year and which has had a profound impact on him, making him “sad”as Clémence Collomb indicates. “He made himself betray on all sides. He had to leave his city of Lyon, his family because he knew that no one would follow him, but he felt a responsibility to go to the Ministry of the Interior even ifhe didn't want it at firstbut he said to himself that he was, in a way, obliged to go.”she analyzes.
A prestigious position as Minister of the Interior which will deeply mark Gérard Collomb hearing his daughter and even after his short mandate, he will appear changed in the eyes of Clémence. “Something has definitely changed. When he returned, he campaigned again for the 2020 elections and lost the mayorship of Lyon. It was another difficult stage in his life. It took him a while“remembers the daughter of the politician and his wife Caroline, thirty years his junior.
Strong words from Clémence Collomb, who does not wish to give the names of those who would have betrayed her father, but who did not mince her words on the fate reserved for the late Lyon politician.
