Robert Vigouroux

Robert Vigouroux (born 21 March 1923) is a French politician and writer. He was the Mayor of Marseille, the second largest city in France, from 1986 to 1995, and a French Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhone from 1989 to 1998.

Robert Vigouroux was born in Paris. In 1942, he moved to Marseilles to work as a doctor in hospitals. He was elected as Mayor of Marseilles in 1986, and as Senator in 1989. He later published two volumes of poetry under the nom de plume of Stépan Alexis, and later essays, novels, volumes of paintings and photographs in his real name.

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