Laurent Wetzel was a French academic, politician, and essayist.
10 Facts About Laurent Wetzel
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Laurent Wetzel graduated from the Ecole normale superieure in 1969 and earned an agregation in history in 1973.
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Laurent Wetzel taught history, geography, and civics across multiple middle and secondary schools across Ile-de-France from 1973 to 1986.
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Laurent Wetzel became Mayor of Sartrouville in 1989, defeating incumbent Auguste Chretienne, who had served for 30 years.
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Laurent Wetzel was able to ride momentum against communist politicians in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Laurent Wetzel condemned a ruling by a criminal court against the President of the Societe cooperative d'interet collectif for violating an anti-racist law against housing discrimination after he refused to allocate social funds to house an Algerian immigrant.
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Laurent Wetzel dealt with riots following the murder of an Algerian immigrant by a Tunisian security guard.
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The First Administrative Court of Versailles cancelled the ballot at first due to an involuntary commitment against Laurent Wetzel which took place on 18 June 1995.
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In 2013, Laurent Wetzel failed to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Association of Former Students Ecole normale superieure, an election which he claimed to have been fraudulent.
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Laurent Wetzel died on 12 October 2021, at the age of 71.