1. Maurice Arreckx served as the mayor of Toulon from 1959 to 1985.
12 Facts About Maurice Arreckx
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Maurice Arreckx served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1986, before serving as a member of the French Senate from 1986 to 1995.
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Maurice Arreckx served as the mayor of Toulon from 1959 to 1985.
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Maurice Arreckx was president of the general council of Var department from 1985 to 1994.
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Maurice Arreckx served as a member of the National Assembly from 1978 to 1981, and again in 1986, before serving as a member of the French Senate from 1986 to 1995.
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Maurice Arreckx voted in favour of the establishment of the Revenu minimum d'insertion in 1988.
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Maurice Arreckx was jailed from August 1994 to May 1995 for involvement in the murder of politician Yann Piat.
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Maurice Arreckx was fined 1 million Francs and sentenced to two years in jail.
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Maurice Arreckx was released after one year, in 1998, for health reasons.
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Maurice Arreckx wrote a book about his criminal convictions a year later.
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Maurice Arreckx was a Knight of the Legion of Honour, an Officer of the National Order of Merit, and a Knight of the Ordre des Palmes Academiques.
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Maurice Arreckx was married and had four adopted children: Marie-Claire, Marie-Genevieve, Jean-Francois, and Michel Maurice Arreckx.