Adrien Zeller (2 April 1940 – 22 August 2009« Décès d'Adrien Zeller, président de la Région Alsace »
''Le Figaro'', 22 August 2009.) was State Secretary of the Social Security in the second

Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Ma ...

government from 1986 to 1988. He was the president of the regional council of

Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...

from 1996 until 2009. He was a member of the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

. He was born in

Saverne Saverne (french: Saverne, ; Alsatian: ; german: Zabern ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It is situated on the Rhine-Marne canal at the foot of a pass over the Vosges Mountains, and 45 km (2 ...

, and died aged 69 of a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ma ...

in Haguenau. He was a graduate of the

College of Europe The College of Europe (french: Collège d'Europe) is a post-graduate institute of European studies with its main campus in Bruges, Belgium and a second campus in Warsaw, Poland. The College of Europe in Bruges was founded in 1949 by leading ...

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(promotion of 1965–1966).

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1940 births 2009 deaths People from Saverne Centre of Social Democrats politicians Union for French Democracy politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians Politicians of the French Fifth Republic College of Europe alumni Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{France-politician-UMP-stub