Daniel Soulage (14 February 1942 – 14 September 2020) was a French politician.
Soulage was born in
Monflanquin
Monflanquin (; Languedocien: ''Montflanquin'') is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France. Built in 1256 as a military bastide town on a strategic north-south route, it changed hands several times during the Hundred Y ...
,
Lot-et-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne (, oc, Òlt e Garona) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.[Senate of France
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from 2001 to 2011, representing
Lot-et-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne (, oc, Òlt e Garona) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.[National Assembly
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from
Lot-et-Garonne's 3rd constituency.
While a deputy, Soulage was a member of the
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to ...
. During his senatorial tenure, he joined the
Centrist Alliance
The Centrist Alliance (french: Alliance centriste) (AC) is a centrist political party in France.
It was founded in June 2009 by Jean Arthuis, a former member of the Union for French Democracy (UDF) and currently Member of European parliament, whe ...
and caucused with the
Centrist Union.
References
1942 births
2020 deaths
People from Monflanquin
Union for French Democracy politicians
Democratic Movement (France) politicians
Centrist Alliance politicians
Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Members of Parliament for Lot-et-Garonne
French senators of the Fifth Republic
Senators of Lot-et-Garonne
Mayors of places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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