Monique Papon (5 October 1934 – 6 June 2018) was a French politician who was member of the

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, representing the

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department. She was a member of the

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; most recently she served as a vice-president of the Senate. Papon was elected to the

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from Loire-Atlantique between 1986 and 1997, successively affiliated with the

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 ...

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, and the Union for a Popular Movement group. A member of the political bureau of the

Union pour la démocratie française 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 ...

since 1995,Biography
from the Senate web site she was elected senator September 2001, in second position on the list led by André Trillard. She rejoined the Union for a Popular Movement on that date. Defeated in her canton of

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in the elections of 2004, she carried out the function of secretary of the French Senate until October 2008, when she was elected Vice President of the High Assembly. In 2010, Papon was awarded an

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with Grand Cordon by

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. She received the

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in 2012, as an officer of the order. Papon died on 6 June 2018.

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