Serge Godard (born 25 March 1936) is a French politician. He represented the French department of

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

from September 1998 to September 2001 and again from March 2010 to September 2011. Born in Gerzat, Puy-de-Dôme, he studied in Clermont-Ferrand, Sedan,

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then Paris and in 1966, he received the diploma of physics doctorate. Between 1971 and 1976, he was the headmaster of "observatoire de physique" in Clermont-Ferrand and become a professor in

Blaise Pascal University Blaise Pascal University (), also known as Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II, was a public university with its main campus in Clermont-Ferrand, France, with satellite locations in other parts of the region of Auvergne, including Vi ...

until 1996. When Godard was eight, his mother Simone was sent to the

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. From 4 July 1997 to 22 April 2014, he was the mayor of

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

, succeeding Roger Quilliot and preceding Olivier Bianchi. Godard was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Senate in 2001. He did not run for reelection in 2011. He was a member of the French

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1936 births Living people People from Puy-de-Dôme Socialist Party (France) politicians French senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Puy-de-Dôme French general councillors Mayors of Clermont-Ferrand Academic staff of Blaise Pascal University {{France-politician-Socialist-stub