Jean Paul Pierre Pineau (4 October 1922 – 2 June 2020) was a French politician.
Biography
The former director of
Crédit Agricole
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, Pineau was a municipal councillor for
Châtillon-sur-Thouet
Châtillon-sur-Thouet (, literally ''Châtillon on Thouet'') is a village and ''commune'' in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The village is situated on the river Thouet to the north of the town of ...
from 1953 to 2001, Deputy for
Deux-Sèvres
Deux-Sèvres () is a French department. ''Deux-Sèvres'' literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department. It had a population of 374,878 in 2019. from 1978 to 1981, and General Councillor for the
Canton of Parthenay from 1979 to 1994, as well as mayor of
Châtillon-sur-Thouet
Châtillon-sur-Thouet (, literally ''Châtillon on Thouet'') is a village and ''commune'' in the Deux-Sèvres department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. The village is situated on the river Thouet to the north of the town of ...
between 1983 and 2001.
Pineau was a Knight of the
Legion of Honour
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, Knight of the
Ordre des Palmes académiques
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, and Knight of the
Order of Agricultural Merit
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.
References
1922 births
2020 deaths
People from Deux-Sèvres
Union for French Democracy politicians
Deputies of the 6th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Members of Parliament for Deux-Sèvres
French general councillors
Mayors of places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit
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