Gérard Collomb announces that he is suffering from stomach cancer

“I’m going to fight against the disease with the same energy that I had at the service of Lyon,” said the former Minister of the Interior on his Twitter account.

Le Monde

Former Interior Minister Gérard Collomb announced, Friday, September 16, that he had stomach cancer. “Last Monday I learned that I had stomach cancer. I will fight against the disease with the same energy that I had put at the service of Lyon, our metropolis when I was practicing functions of mayor and president, “said the former councilor, support from the start of Emmanuel Macron.

on his Twitter account.

Last Monday I learned that I had stomach cancer. I will fight against the disease with the… https://t.co/9dnzj0dtd7

– gerardcollomb (@Gérard Collomb)

Long member of the Socialist Party, Gérard Collomb supported Emmanuel Macron’s candidacy in the 2017 presidential election and joined La République en Marche. From 2017 to 2018, he was Minister of State, Minister of the Interior, in the government of Edouard Philippe. Beaten in the last municipal elections of 2020, Gérard Collomb was mayor of Lyon for a little less than twenty years.

/Media reports.