Gilbert Annette (; born 10 March 1946) is a Malagasy politician. He represented

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in the

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from 1993-1997 and has been the

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between 2008 and 2020.

Career

Annette is a member of the

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. He became a member of the Départemental Council in 1983 and a member of the Regional Council in 1988. He was the

from 1989–1994 and was reelected in 2008. He was a Deputy from 1993-1997 and was convicted for corruption in 1996.telegramme.Fr: Gilbert Annette
/ref> He was sentenced to 5 years of deprivation of his civil rights, a 200.000 FRF (30.000 €) fine and 30 months in prison. Since 2004 he has been the 1st secretary of the socialist federation of Reunion. He was re-elected mayor of

in 2008 with 53,83% of the votes.

References

1946 births Living people People from Antsiranana Malagasy politicians Socialist Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Mayors of places in Réunion Black French politicians French politicians convicted of corruption Members of Parliament for Réunion {{Madagascar-bio-stub