Jean-Paul Denanot, born 24 April 1944, is a

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politician, a member of the Socialist Party. Between 1992 and 2004, he was Mayor of the town of

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, in

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, a post which he gave up in order to become President of the Regional Council of Limousin. He had run for the European Parliament in the

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in the Constituency of Loire, Massif Central, but was ranked one place too low on the Socialist list to be elected. In September 2008,

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resigned from the Parliament, due to her election to the French Senate, and Denanot took her place. Doing so, he became the first President of a French regional council to also be an MEP, although at the same time he resigned his positions as assistant to the Mayor of Feytiat, and Vice President of the Agglomeration community of Limoges-Metropole.

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1944 births Living people Socialist Party (France) politicians MEPs for Massif-central–Centre 2014–2019 Knights of the Legion of Honour {{France-MEP-stub