The Socialist mayor of Lyon, Gérard Collomb, 69, has been named the new French minister of the Interior. Lyon Cardinal Philippe Barbarin commented this in front of the newspaper "Le Progrès", "To see the mayor of Lyon leave our city is of course regrettable, but it is a joy to see him become Minister of the Interior and Cults."
Collomb is a Mason belonging to the anticlerical Grand Orient de France. Collomb has children from three women. His present wife is 30 years younger then he.
