4 March 1948 in Gosier, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, was the President of the General Council of Guadeloupe.
[1] He has been chairing the General Council March 2001 to April 2015.
Gillot was elected to the French senate in 2004.
[2] He is also the founding member of the Guadeloupe Unie Socialisme and Réalités ("United Guadeloupe Socialism and Realities") political party.
Gillot is a physician, is married and has three children.