Marcel Henry (30 October 1926 – 30 August 2021) was a politician from Mayotte, France, who served as French senator (1977–2004).[1][2] He was one of the founders of the Mahoré People's Movement.[3]
Biography
Marcel Henry helped found the Mahoran Popular Movement (MPM) in 1963. He then joined the “Force de l'alternance” (Force for Change), a faction of the Mahoran Departmentalist Movement (MDM), which is a member of the Democratic Movement (France).
He was a French senator, elected in Mayotte, from 1977 to 2004 (re-elected in 1986 and 1995). In the Senate, he sat with the Centrist Union group.
In 2021, at the age of 94, he died in the town of Pamandzi.[4]
References
- Marcel Henry Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Portrait d'hommes politiques de Mayotte, Malango Mayotte. Updated 27 September 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- Marcel Henry - Ancien sénateur de Mayotte, Anciens sénateurs Ve République, French Senate. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- "Le sénateur Marcel Henry, figure emblématique du MDM et de la lutte pour Mayotte française est décédé" (in French). francetvinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- "Le sénateur Marcel Henry, figure emblématique du MDM et de la lutte pour Mayotte française est décédé". France TV Info - Mayotte.