Janine Jambu | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency | |
| In office 2 April 1993 – 19 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Philippe Bassinet |
| Succeeded by | Marie-Hélène Amiable |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Janine Lucienne Jambu (1942-11-18)18 November 1942 Berre-l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Died | 17 April 2012(2012-04-17) (aged 69) Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Party | PCF |
Janine Lucienne Jambu (18 November 1942 – 17 April 2012) was a French activist and politician of the French Communist Party. She was a municipal councillor of Colombes and general councillor of Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine before being elected deputy for Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency in the National Assembly from 1993 to 2007.
Early life
Jambu was born in Berre-l'Étang, Bouches-du-Rhône on 18 November 1942, to the construction technician Adrien Jambu and Julienne Auber.[1] She had an older brother and obtained her Baccalauréat in school.[1] In 1959, Jambu began working as an office worker at the Ferodo company in Saint-Ouen.[1]
Political career
Influenced by the activism her brother was carrying out, she joined the Mouvement Jeunes Communistes de France in 1959 at an initiative for peace in Algeria. Jambu sat in the national office of the organisation in 1961 as well as the Union of Young Girls of France (UJFF).[1] She became a member of the French Communist Party (PCF) in 1962. Jambu became a member of the Seine-Ouest Communist Federal Committee in 1964 and later of the Hauts-de-Seine Federal Committee. She was sent to a training school in Moscow by the PCF in approximately 1965 and was appointed the UJFF's deputy federal secretary in 1968.[1] Jambu spoke at the 22nd Congress of the French Communist Party at L'Île-Saint-Denis in February 1976. She was also an activist for the General Confederation of Labour and for the National Housing Confederation.[1]
In 1969, she became a municipal councillor of Colombes and general councillor of Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine from 1982 to 1993.[1] Jambu was mayor of Bagneux between 1985 and 2004.[2][3] After the invalidation of her election in March 2001 by the Conseil d'État, she won election for the final time in October 2002.[4] Jambu resigned the mayorship effective 15 May 2004, being succeeded by her assistant Marie-Hélène Amiable.[5] She was elected deputy for Hauts-de-Seine's 11th constituency in the National Assembly and took up her seat on 2 April 1993.[6][7] Janine aligned her actions with the Union of the Left,[6] and focused on the right to housing, gender equality, Armenian genocide recognition, peace and disarmament.[2][8] She was a member of the Commission for Cultural, Family and Social Affairs, the Economic Affairs Committee, the Committee on Economic, Environmental and Territorial Affairs and the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee.[7] Jambu retired from the National Assembly on 19 June 2007,[6][7] and was succeeded by Amibale.[2][8]
She was given a four-month suspended prison sentence and five years of ineligibility for "illegal taking of interests" in a case involving subsidies to local associations (two sports associations and two integration associations) by the Tribunal judiciaire de Nanterre in May 2006.[9][10]
Death and legacy
She died of a sudden heart attack in Bagneux on 17 April 2012.[3][11] Jambu's funeral took place at Cimetière parisien de Bagneux on 24 April 2012, attended by between 2,000 and 3,000 people.[11][12] The Janine-Jambu sports hall opened in 2013 in the southern district of Bagneux was named for her.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Jambu Janine". Le Maitron (in French). 27 August 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Décès de Janine Jambu" [Death of Janine Jambu] (in French). France 3. Agence France-Presse. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Emotion après la mort de Janine Jambu" [Emotion after the death of Janine Jambu]. Le Parisien (in French). 20 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Janine Jambu (PCF) conserve la mairie de Bagneux" [Janine Jambu (PCF) retains the town hall of Bagneux]. Le Monde (in French). 8 October 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ Mouchon, Frédéric (28 April 2004). "La démission surprise du maire de Bagneux" [The surprise resignation of the mayor of Bagneux]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b c Vincent, Wilfrid (19 April 2012). "Décès de Janine Jambu, Députée Maire honoraire" [Death of Janine Jambu, Honorary Mayor] (in French). Wilfrid Vincent, La Gauche à Montrouge. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b c "Mme Janine Jambu" [Mrs. Janine Jambu] (in French). National Assembly. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Mort de l'ex-députée-maire PCF de Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine) Janine Jambu" [Death of former PCF deputy and mayor of Bagneux (Hauts-de-Seine) Janine Jambu]. L'Est Républicain (in French). 19 April 2012.
- ^ Mahaut, Valérie (19 May 2006). "La députée PCF condamnée à cinq ans d'inéligibilité" [PCF MP sentenced to five years of ineligibility]. Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "Scandaleuse condamnation" [Scandalous conviction]. L'Humanité (in French). 19 May 2006. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ a b "2 000 personnes rendent hommage à Janine Jambu" [2,000 People Pay Tribute to Janine Jambu] (PDF). Malakoff Infos (in French) (254): 4. May 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ "3 000 personnes aux obsèques de Janine Jambu" [3,000 people at Janine Jambu's funeral]. Le Parisien (in French). 25 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ Chabas, Sébastien (25 March 2013). "La halle sportive Janine-Jambu réveille un quartier de Bagneux" [The Janine-Jambu sports hall revives a district of Bagneux] (in French). Batiactu. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
