Patrice Gélard (3 August 1938 – 25 June 2020) was a French
politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
who served as a member of the
Senate of France
The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' a ...
. He represented the
Seine-Maritime
Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...
constituency and was a member of the
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...
(UMP) Party.
Gélard died on 25 June 2020 at the age of 81.
References
External links
Page on the Senate website
1938 births
2020 deaths
French Senators of the Fifth Republic
Politicians from Toulon
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Senators of Seine-Maritime
Mayors of places in Normandy
University of Paris alumni
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite
Laureates of the Honorary Diploma of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales alumni
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