Jean-Pierre Masseret par Claude Truong-Ngoc septembre 2015

Jean-Pierre Masseret (born 23 August 1944 in

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, Allier) was a member of the

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, representing the Moselle department for the periods 1983 to 1997, 2001 to 2011, and 2014 to 2017. He was a member of the

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, until he changed to La République En Marche! in 2017. He is President of the

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region since 2004, reelected in 2010, after being a member of the regional council since 1986. He was mayor of Talange from 1995 to 1997, and Secretary of State for Veterans affairs from 1997 to 2001, in

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's Government. He was also municipal councillor of

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and general councillor of Moselle.

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