Béatrice Descamps (; born 22 June 1951 in

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and a former member of the

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. She represented the

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department and is a member of the

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. She has been Member of Parliament for Nord's 21st constituency since

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Biography

Valérie Létard's appointment to the French government in July 2007 led to her entry into the Senate.Fiche de Béatrice Descamps sur senat.fr
/ref> Valérie Létard came fourth on the RPR-UDF-DVD list led by Jean-René Lecerf in the 2001 senatorial elections, a list which won two seats. This appointment, combined with Marc-Philippe Daubresse's decision not to sit in the Palais du Luxembourg (given his re-election a month earlier to the National Assembly), led to her becoming a senator.

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