Ladislas Poniatowski (born 10 November 1946) is a French politician. He served on the

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for

Eure's 3rd constituency The 3rd constituency of Eure is a French legislative constituency in the Eure ''département''. It contains the cantons of Bernay, Beuzeville, Bourg-Achard and Pont-Audemer Pont-Audemer () is a commune in the Eure department in the Normandy ...

from 1986 to 1998, when he was elected to the

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, representing the

Eure Eure () is a department in Normandy in Northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2019, Eure had a population of 599,507.Union for French Democracy The Union for French Democracy (french: Union pour la démocratie française, UDF) was a centre to centre-right political party in France. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to c ...

. He subsequently joined the

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, and later The Republicans. He is the son of

Michel Poniatowski Michel Poniatowski (16 May 1922 – 15 January 2002) was a French politician, member of a legitimized line of Poland's princely Poniatowski family. He was a founder of the Independent Republicans and a part of the administration for President ...

and older brother of

Axel Poniatowski Axel Poniatowski (born 3 August 1951) was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017. He represented Val-d'Oise's 2nd constituency, as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. Biography Prince Axel Poniatowski was born ...

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