Étienne Pinte (born 19 March 1939) is a French politician. He held the position Député-maire of

Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

, meaning that he was separately elected as both the Mayor of the city and as a Deputy in the

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(Assemblée nationale), but decided not to run again for Mayor in the 2008 election. He represents the

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(UMP) party. He is a member of the Cultural Affairs Commission in the

. He is a law graduate.

Biography

Born in

Ixelles (French language, French, ) or (Dutch language, Dutch, ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Pentagon (Brussels), Brusse ...

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, he started his political career in 1973 when

Alain Peyrefitte Alain Peyrefitte (; 26 August 1925 – 27 November 1999) was a French scholar and politician. He was a confidant of Charles de Gaulle and had a long career in public service, serving as a diplomat in Germany and Poland. Peyrefitte is remembered ...

named him as substitute Deputy for his constituency in

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...

. Peyrefitte, being appointed a minister a few months later, handed over his seat to Pinte. In 1978, he stood for election and won his seat in the first constituency in

Yvelines Yvelines () is a department in the western part of the Île-de-France region in Northern France. In 2019, it had a population of 1,448,207.Versailles The Palace of Versailles ( ; ) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, Yvelines, Versailles, about west of Paris, in the Yvelines, Yvelines Department of Île-de-France, Île-de-France region in Franc ...

, and he has held this ever since, having been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2007. He was a

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of Versailles from 1977–1995 during when he was elected mayor. He is married and has four children. In January 2009, he blamed

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for the number of illegal immigrants attempting to enter the UK and asked Britain to give asylum to all of them: "Why are the British rejecting them while at the same time they're welcoming thousands of citizens from eastern Europe and in particular from Poland?"

References

1939 births Living people People from Ixelles Belgian emigrants to France Politicians of the French Fifth Republic Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians Mayors of places in Île-de-France Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Sciences Po alumni {{France-politician-UMP-stub