Jean Paul Pierre Pineau (4 October 1922 – 2 June 2020) was a French politician.

Biography

The former director of

Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole Group (), sometimes called La banque verte ( en, The green bank) due to its historical ties to farming, is a French international banking group and the world's largest cooperative financial institution. It is France's second lar ...

, 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

between 1983 and 2001. Pineau was a Knight of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

, Knight of the

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, and Knight of the

Order of Agricultural Merit The Order of Agricultural Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite agricole) is an order of merit bestowed by the French Republic for outstanding contributions to agriculture. When it was created in 1883, it was second in importance only to the ...

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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 {{France-mayor-stub