Marc Bécam

Marc Bécam
Mayor of Quimper
In office 20 March 1977 – 18 March 1989
Preceded by	Jean Lemeunier
Succeeded by	Bernard Poignant
Member of the Departmental Council of Finistère
In office 1973–1988
Constituency	Canton of Quimper-1
Member of the Senate of France
In office 2 October 1980 – 2 April 1986
Preceded by	François Prigent
Succeeded by	Alain Gérard
Constituency	Finistère
Secretary of State for Local Authorities
In office 1 April 1978 – 2 October 1980
President	Valery Giscard d'Estaing
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Member of the French National Assembly
In office 8 May 1967 – 30 May 1968
Preceded by	Edmond Michelet
Succeeded by	Edmond Michelet
Constituency	Finistère's 1st constituency
In office 23 July 1969 – 6 May 1978
Preceded by	Edmond Michelet
Succeeded by	Jacques Guinebretière
Constituency	Finistère's 1st constituency
Personal details
Born	9 October 1931 Saint-Martin-des-Champs, France
Died	21 April 2021(2021-04-21) (aged 89) Quimper, France
Political party	RPR

Marc Bécam (9 October 1931 – 21 April 2021) was a French politician. A member of the Rally for the Republic, he was best known as Mayor of Quimper.

Biography

The son of an engineer, Bécam studied agricultural engineering and began his career with the Fédération nationale des syndicats d'exploitants agricoles in Brittany, where he worked when Breton farmers revolted and took over Morlaix in 1961.

Bécam entered politics in the late 1960s, when he was elected to the National Assembly to represent Finistère's 1st constituency. He also served as Mayor of Quimper and was a Senator for Finistère from 1980 to 1986. A Gaullist, he was close to the Union of Democrats for the Republic before joining the Rally for the Republic. He then became an independent politician. He had favorable views on abortion and was anti-death penalty, as seen in his votes for the Veil Act and for abolition of capital punishment.

Marc Bécam died in Quimper on 21 April 2021 at the age of 89.