Alain Le Vern (born 8 May 1948) is a French

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. He served as a member of the

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and the president of the

Upper Normandy Upper Normandy (french: Haute-Normandie, ; nrf, Ĥâote-Normaundie) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, Upper and Lower Normandy merged becoming one region called Normandy. History It was created in 1956 from two d ...

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between 1998 and 2013. He is also the inaugural President of the transnational Arc Manche Assembly. He was elected president of

in 1998 and Senator representing the

Seine-Maritime Seine-Maritime () is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre. Until 1955 it was named Seine-Inféri ...

department in 2007. He became the first President of the Arc Manche Assembly, elected in 2005.

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Channel-Arc-Manche official website
1948 births Living people Presidents of French regions and overseas collectivities Socialist Party (France) politicians Senators of Seine-Maritime Politicians from Normandy People from Finistère French people of Breton descent {{France-politician-Socialist-stub