Background
DEPREZ, Léonce was born on July 10, 1927 in Béthune, Pasde-Calais, France. Parents: Pierre Deprez and Marie-Elisabeth Deprez (née Lambert).
DEPREZ, Léonce was born on July 10, 1927 in Béthune, Pasde-Calais, France. Parents: Pierre Deprez and Marie-Elisabeth Deprez (née Lambert).
Sainl-Vaast School, Béthune. Faculty of Law, first degree.
Founder of Chairman of New Economic Chamber of Béthune Region, since 1958. And of Cultural Centre for Béthune Region, since 1959. Chairman of Intercompany Group of Béthune, Annezin Industrial Area, since 1981.
Vice-President of National Weekly Press Regional Information Association. National Chairman, New French Economic Chamber, 1964, 1965. Chairman of Small and Medium-Sized Industries of Nord-Pas-deCalais Region, 1975-1981.
Town Councillor for Béthune, 1959-1965. 1st Deputy Mayor, 1965, Mayor, since 1969, of le Touquet. General delegate of the Association for Development and Promotion of the Côte d’Opale.
Chairman of le Touquet Airport Mixed Economy Company. Technological education adviser and Vice-chairman of National Association of Mayors of Classified Sites and Tourist Communes. Chairman of Etaples Region Intercommunal Association.
Regional Chairman and National Vice-Chairman of Social Democratic Party. Deputy for Pas-de-Calais, 1986, re-elected 1988. Regional Councillor, since 1986.
Chairman of France-Congress. Managing Director of Léonce Deprez Printers and Editions Flandres-Artois-Côte d’Opale (publishers), since 1951, and l’Avenir de l’Artois, les Echos du Touquet, l’Avenir du Pas-de-Calais (newspapers).
Clubs: ex-Chairman of Béthune Lions Club.
Spouse Eliane Basin, 1951. Children: MargueriteMarie, Marie-Antoinette, Léonce, Christophe.