Background
SARRE, Georges was born on November 26, 1935 in Chenerailles, Creuse, France. Parents: Alcide Sarre and Alice SarTe (née Kenette).
SARRE, Georges was born on November 26, 1935 in Chenerailles, Creuse, France. Parents: Alcide Sarre and Alice SarTe (née Kenette).
Lycée de Guéret, Creuse.
Sarre was an early supporter of Jean-Pierre Chevènement and François Mitterrand within the new Socialist Party (Personal), which he joined at the famous Epinay Congress in 1971. He was elected Member of the European Parliament in the 1979 European elections and was elected to the French National Assembly for Paris in 1981. Between 1988 and 1993 he served as Secretary of State for Road and Fluvial Transportation in the governments led by Michel Rocard, Édith Cresson and Pierre Bérégovoy.
He later served, between 1995 and 2008 as the Mayor of the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
That same year, disagreeing with the Socialist Party"s neo-liberal derive, he joined Jean-Pierre Chevènement in creating the Citizens" Movement (Molecular Delivery Corporation). The Molecular Delivery Corporation became the Republican Pole in 2002 before adopting its current name, Citizen and Republican Movement (Medical Research Council).
However, ahead of the 2007 presidential election and 2007 legislative election in which the Medical Research Council supported Royal"s candidacy in return for the Socialist Party"s endorsement of Sarre"s candidacy in the Creuse"s 2nd constituency in the June legislative election. Despite the lack of Personal opposition, he lost the runoff to Universiti Malaysia Pahang incumbent Jean Auclair.
He is often considered the co-leader of the Medical Research Council along with Chevènement, although Chevènement is currently the Medical Research Council"s President.
He was the Socialist top candidate in the 1977 Paris municipal election but lost the election by a handful of votes to Jacques Chirac. He supported Chevènement"s candidacy in the 2002 presidential election and prepared a second Chevènement candidacy in the 2007 presidential election, but Chevènement did not run, instead supporting the Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal by the first round. He was defeated in his constituency by the Socialist Danièle Hoffman-Rispal in the French legislative election, 2002.
Clubs: founder, Maintenant et Demain (Now and Tomorrow) club, since 1984.
Spouse Jacqueline Lesage, 1964. Children: Philippe, Claude.