Christian Bourquin (; 7 October 1954 – 26 August 2014) was a French politician, a member of the

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...

. He was the

president of the Regional Council The following is a list of current presidents of the regional councils of France and the Corsican Assembly. List Since 2011, the Departmental Council of Mayotte has simultaneously exercised the competencies of a regional council. Since 2015, t ...

of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2010
to his death in August 2014.

Biography

Bourquin was born at

Saint-Féliu-d'Amont Saint-Féliu-d'Amont (; ca, Sant Feliu d'Amunt) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Saint-Féliu-d'Amont is in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Popu ...

, Pyrenees-Orientales. He was elected Mayor of

Millas Millas (; ca, Millars) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Geography Localization Millas is located in the canton of La Vallée de la Têt and in the arrondissement of Perpignan. Hydrography The rive ...

in 1995, holding the post until 2001. Bourquin died of cancer, aged 59, at

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

Hérault Hérault (; oc, Erau, ) is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France. Named after the Hérault River, its prefecture is Montpellier. It had a population of 1,175,623 in 2019.French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

for the 3rd canton of Pyrénées-Orientales (1997 to 2002) * Member of the PS National Office (2005 to 2008) * General Council of Pyrénées-Orientales Canton of

, from 1994 to 2010. * Chairman of the

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, from 1998 to 2010. * 1st vice-president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon in charge of Finance from 2004 to 2010.
* After the death of

Georges Frêche Georges Frêche (July 9, 1938 – October 24, 2010) was a French politician. He served as President of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region from 2004 until his death: prior to that, he had been mayor of Montpellier for 27 years, and was also a fo ...

, 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 Pyrénées-Orientales (; ca, Pirineus Orientals ; oc, Pirenèus Orientals ; ), also known as Northern Catalonia, is a department of the region of Occitania, Southern France, adjacent to the northern Spanish frontier and the Mediterranean Sea. ...

constituency.

References

External links

Christian Bourquin official blog
1954 births 2014 deaths People from Pyrénées-Orientales Politicians from Occitania (administrative region) Socialist Party (France) politicians Deputies of the 11th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Pyrénées-Orientales Mayors of places in Occitania (administrative region) Northern Catalonia {{France-politician-Socialist-stub