Serge Vinçon (17 June 1949 – 16 December 2007), was a French politician of the UMP party.

Career

Born in

Bourges Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...

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, he was a college professor before a politician. He was elected senator of

on 24 September 1989 and re-elected on 27 September 1998. he was also during this time a substitute for France in the

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, from 1993 to 1998. He was chairman of the Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs from 2004 until his death and also held the position of mayor of Saint-Amand-Montrond from 1983 until his death. His most notable position was the Vice-President of the Senate from 2001 to 2004. Vinçon died of a

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on 16 December 2007 at the hospital of Val de Grâce in

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paid tribute to him in a statement, referring to a "man of letters" and "a brilliant observer of the geopolitical developments of our time" who "will be remembered as a senator who embodies all the qualities of dialogue and compromise that House requires."

References

External links

His personal site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincon, Serge 1949 births 2007 deaths Politicians from Bourges Politicians of the French Fifth Republic Vice-presidents of the Senate (France) Senators of Cher (department)