Background
BOCQUET, Alain was born on May 6, 1946 in Marquillies, Nord, France. Parents: Oscar Bocquet and Antoinette Bocquet (née Delie).
BOCQUET, Alain was born on May 6, 1946 in Marquillies, Nord, France. Parents: Oscar Bocquet and Antoinette Bocquet (née Delie).
Haubourdin High School.
Head of Youth Department, Trith-Saint-Léger Town Hall, 1966-1970. Secretary of Nord Federation of Communist Youth, 1965. Member of Nord Federal Committee of Communist Party, 1967.
Federal Secretary, 1970. Member of Central Committee of French Communist Party, since 1976. Deputy Mayor of Lille, responsible for social issues.
1977-1981; Town Councillor for Valenciennes, since 1983. Town Councillor for Lille, since 1981. Member of Regional Council for Nord-Pas-de-Calais, 1977.
Deputy for Nord, 19th constituency: Saint-Amand, 1978, reelected 1981, 1986 and 1988. Member of National Defence Commission. Trainee teacher of handicapped children, La Cordée Medical and Teaching Institue, Wavrin, 1966.
Spouse Michele Varemans, 1966. Children: Bruno.