François Rochebloine (born 31 October 1945 in

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. He represented Loire's 3rd constituency, and is a member of the

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Rochebloine who visited

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in June 2010 without

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Biography

A former sales manager for a Saint-Chamond SME, he became involved in local life in Saint-Chamond during the 1977 municipal elections, when he was a candidate on the list of Mr. Gidrol, first deputy to Antoine Pinay, who was not standing for re-election. This list was defeated, and he had to wait until the 1983 municipal elections to sit on the Saint-Chamond town council, in opposition, with his colleagues on the UDF-RPR union list. A member of the CDS, he became deputy of the Loire region (3rd constituency) on June 12, 1988, in the second round of legislative elections, defeating the deputy-mayor of Saint-Chamond, Jacques Badet. He was constantly re-elected until 2012. He has always been a member of the center-right parliamentary groups at the French National Assembly: UDC, UDF, Nouveau Centre and UDI. He represented the National Assembly for 15 years at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (from July 20, 2002 to June 18, 2017).

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