Xavier Pintat (born 15 March 1954 in
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
,
Gironde) is 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 ...
, representing the
Gironde department. He is 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 List of political parties in France, political party in France that was one of the two major party, major contemporary political pa ...
. He is the son of
Jean-François Pintat, politician.
Biography
Engineer at the
CEA by profession, Pintat was elected senator of the
Gironde on 27 September 1998 and reelected in September 2008.
Former terms
Member of the Gironde from 1993 to 1997.
Member of the French parliamentary delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe.
Member of the French parliamentary delegation to the Assembly of the
Western European Union
The Western European Union (WEU; french: Union de l'Europe occidentale, UEO; german: Westeuropäische Union, WEU) was the international organisation and military alliance that succeeded the Western Union (WU) after the 1954 amendment of the 1948 ...
References
Page on the Senate website
1954 births
French senators of the Fifth Republic
Living people
Politicians from Bordeaux
Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Senators of Gironde
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