Jean-Pierre Bastiani (6 June 1950 – 27 August 2021) was a French politician.

Biography

Bastiani was general councilor of the canton of Auterive from 1994 to 2008 and

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of Auterive from 1989 to 2008 and again from 2014 to 2018. He was also elected to the

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for

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, earning 37.48% of the vote in the first round and 52.16% in the second, defeating minister of education Lionel Jospin. He did not run for re-election in

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. He ran again in

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but was defeated by Patrick Lemasle. Bastiani died on 27 August 2021 at the age of 71.

References

1950 births 2021 deaths Politicians from Toulouse Union for French Democracy politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians Union of Democrats and Independents politicians Deputies of the 10th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French general councillors Mayors of places in Occitania (administrative region) 21st-century French politicians {{HauteGaronne-politician-stub