Jean Germain (11 September 1947 – 7 April 2015) was a

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politician.

Biography

Germain was the president of

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from 1988 to 1993. In 1995 he was elected mayor of

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and president of the

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of Tours, Tour(s) Plus. In September 2011 Germain was elected as a Senator from the department of

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."Sénatoriales : le grand chelem tourangeau" (Senate: The Touraine Grand Slam)
, Socialist Party of France, 26 September 2011, www.ps37.fr/ Germain was a member of the

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. On 7 April 2015 he was found dead in his garage near his home in Tours, on the day that he was due to go on trial, accused of having illegally profited from Chinese bridal tours between 2007 and 2011. He left two

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s, protesting his innocence.

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