Christian Bourquin | |
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![]() Christian Bourquin (2007) | |
President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon | |
In office 2010–2014 | |
Preceded by | Georges Frêche |
Succeeded by | Damien Alary |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Féliu-d'Amont, France | 7 October 1954
Died | 26 August 2014 Montpellier, France | (aged 59)
Political party | Socialist Party |
Christian Bourquin (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ buʁkɛ̃] ; 7 October 1954 – 26 August 2014) was a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party. He was the president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2010[1] to his death in August 2014.
Biography
[edit]Bourquin was born at Saint-Féliu-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales. He was elected Mayor of Millas in 1995, holding the post until 2001.[2] Bourquin died of cancer, aged 59, at Montpellier, Hérault.[3]
Elected office
[edit]- Deputy in the French National Assembly for the 3rd canton of Pyrénées-Orientales (1997 to 2002)[4]
- Member of the PS National Office (2005 to 2008)
- General council of Pyrénées-Orientales Canton of Millas, from 1994 to 2010.[5]
- Chairman of the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, from 1998 to 2010.[1]
- 1st vice-president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon in charge of Finance from 2004 to 2010.[6]
- After the death of Georges Frêche, president of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, in October 2010, six months after his reelection, Christian Bourquin was elected president.
- In September 2010, Bourquin was elected as senator for Pyrénées-Orientales constituency.
References
[edit]- ^ a b [1] Archived April 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mairie de MILLAS". Mairie-millas.fr.
- ^ (in French) Sophie Babey, « Christian Bourquin est décédé », L'Indépendant, 26 August 2014
- ^ "M. Christian Bourquin". Assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ "Résultats des élections cantonales 2008 / Cantonales / Les résultats / Elections - Ministère de l'Intérieur" (in French). Interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ^ [2] Archived December 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links
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