Serge Godard (born 25 March 1936) is a French politician. He represented the French department of Puy-de-Dôme in the French Senate from September 1998 to September 2001 and again from March 2010 to September 2011. Born in Gerzat, Puy-de-Dôme, he studied in Clermont-Ferrand, Sedan, Lille then Paris and in 1966, he received the diploma of physics doctorate. Between 1971 and 1976, he was the headmaster of "observatoire de physique" in Clermont-Ferrand and become a professor in Blaise Pascal University until 1996. When Godard was eight, his mother Simone was sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp. From 4 July 1997 to 22 April 2014, he was the mayor of Clermont-Ferrand, succeeding Roger Quilliot and preceding Olivier Bianchi. Godard was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Senate in 2001. He did not run for reelection in 2011. He was a member of the French Socialist Party. References 1936 births Living people Mayors of Clermont-Ferrand French Senators of the Fifth Republic Socialist Party (France) politicians Senators of Puy-de-Dôme People from Puy-de-Dôme Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Academic staff of Blaise Pascal University