Pierre-Jean Samot (born 21 August 1934 in

Fort-de-France Fort-de-France (, , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Fodfwans) is a Communes of France, commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the ...

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) is a politician from Martinique. He was

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from 1989 to 2018. In the

2002 French legislative election The French legislative elections took place on 9 and 16 June 2002 to elect the 12th National Assembly of France, National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, in a context of political crisis. The Socialist Prime Minister Lio ...

he was elected to the

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from

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. However, his election was invalidated by the Constitutional Council on 27 February 2003 and he was replaced by his substitute

Philippe Edmond-Mariette Philippe Edmond-Mariette (born 15 October 1955 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a politician from Martinique. In the 2002 French legislative election he was the substitute candidate for Pierre-Jean Samot for Martinique's 3rd constituency ...

References

page on the French National Assembly website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samot, Pierre-Jean 1934 births Living people People from Fort-de-France Martinican Communist Party politicians Build the Martinique Country politicians French people of Martiniquais descent Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Black French politicians