Background
BARATE, Claude Pierre Edouard was born on December 13, 1943 in Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. Parents: Martin Barate and Paule Barate (née Serradell).
BARATE, Claude Pierre Edouard was born on December 13, 1943 in Bages, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. Parents: Martin Barate and Paule Barate (née Serradell).
Arago High School, Perpignan. Faculty of Law, Montpellier. Second degree in political science.
Second degree in literature. Doctorate in public law. Spoken languages: French, Catalan, Spanish.
1st Deputy Mayor of Perpignan, since 1982. Specialist in financial and administrative management of local communities and Departmental Secretary of Rassemblement pour la République (Rally for the Republic), since 1982. Departmental Councillor for Pyrénées-Orientales and Vice-chairman of Departmental Council, since 1985.
Deputy for PyrénéesOrientales, 1986, re-elected 1988. Senior lecturer at University of Perpignan, since 1978.
Catholic
Advocat.
Spouse Françoise Fabrega, 1965.