Jean-François Picheral

Jean-François Picheral (born 26 February 1934 in Nîmes) is a French Socialist politician. He served as a member of Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as a French Senator from 1998 to 2008.

Biography
He was born on 26 February 1934. He was a distant cousin of Gaston Defferre (1910-1986), who served as a Socialist French Senator from 1959 to 1962, and as Mayor of Marseille from 1953 to 1986.

He worked as a radiologist.

A Socialist, he served as Mayor of Aix-en-Provence from 1989 to 2001, and as French Senator from 1998 to 2008.