André Delelis (23 May 1924 – 4 September 2012L'ancien ministre André Delelis est mort
'' 20 minutes'', 4 September 2012). was a French

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Biography

Delelis was born on 23 May 1924 in

Cauchy-à-la-Tour Cauchy-à-la-Tour (; pcd, El-Cauchie-à-l’Tour; Dutch:"Turringhem" (house of the sons of Turr)) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and ex- coalmining village some sout ...

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member of the

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from 14 June 1981 to 24 July 1981. He was a member of the

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from 1983 to 1992. From 1966 to 1998, he was the Mayor of

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1924 births 2012 deaths People from Pas-de-Calais French Section of the Workers' International politicians Socialist Party (France) politicians French Ministers of Commerce and Industry Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 4th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 6th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 7th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Pas-de-Calais Mayors of places in Hauts-de-France {{France-politician-Socialist-stub