Yann Piat

Yann Piat
Member of the National Assembly
for Var's 3rd constituency
In office
1986–1993
Personal details
Born(1949-06-12)12 June 1949
Saigon, French Cochinchina
Died25 February 1994(1994-02-25) (aged 44)
Hyères, France
Manner of deathAssassination
NationalityFrench
Political partyNational Front
SpousePhilippe Piat

Yann Annabelle Piat (née Marie; 12 June 1949 – 25 February 1994) was an assassinated French politician. She served in the National Assembly from 1986 to 1994, first with the extreme right party National Front, then with the centrist party Union for French Democracy.

Early life

Yann Piat was born on June 12, 1949, in Saigon, French Cochinchina.[1]

Career

Piat started her career as an activist for the National Front.[2]

Piat later joined the Union for French Democracy.[1] She served as a member of the National Assembly from 1993 to 1994.[1] She was opposed to the expansion of the Toulon–Hyères Airport.[3]

Death and legacy

She was gunned down by Lucien Ferri,[4] while driving home in Hyères on February 25, 1994.[5][6]

In 2008, the Rue Yann-Piat in Hyères was named in her honour.[7]

In 2012, a TV film directed by Antoine de Caunes and starring Karin Viard as Piat, entitled Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat was released on Canal +.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c National Assembly: Yann Piat
  2. ^ Alain Leauthier, Yann Piat, un procès en eau trouble. Sept personnes comparaissent pour l'assassinat de la députée du Var en février 1994., Libération, May 4, 1998
  3. ^ Alain Leauthier, Le procès de l'affaire Yann Piat. «Elle emmerdait tout le monde». Les ex-collaborateurs de la victime ont évoqué ses ambitions et ses combats politiques., Libération, May 8, 1998
  4. ^ 20 ans après l'assassinat de Yann Piat, qu'est devenue la "bande du Macama"?, Var Matin, February 25, 2014
  5. ^ yann piat : le film événement sur sa vie, La Provence, April 16, 2012
  6. ^ Il y a vingt ans, Yann Piat était assassinée à Hyères, Nice Matin, February 25, 2014
  7. ^ Hyères Nouvelle avenue, nouveau rond-point et une rue Yann-Piat, Var Matin, February 18, 2008
  8. ^ Yann Piat, une femme politique complexe, sur Canal +, La Croix, April 16, 2012
  9. ^ imdb: Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat