François Fortassin (2 August 1939 – 15 May 2017) was a French

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and a member of the

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. He represented the Hautes-Pyrénées department and was a secretary of the Senate and a member of the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (french: Parti radical de gauche, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG was a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Soc ...

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Page on the Senate website
1939 births 2017 deaths Radical Party of the Left politicians French senators of the Fifth Republic People from Hautes-Pyrénées Senators of Hautes-Pyrénées {{HautesPyrénées-politician-stub