Jean-Claude Carle (9 June 1948 – 13 December 2019) was a French politician. He served as a member of the

Senate of France The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the lower house being the National Assembly, the two houses constituting the legislature of France. The French Senate is made up of 348 senators (''sénateurs'' a ...

from 1995 to 2018, representing the

Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (; Arpitan: ''Savouè d'Amont'' or ''Hiôta-Savouè''; en, Upper Savoy) or '; it, Alta Savoia. is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its prefecture is Ann ...

department. He was a member of the

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Soci ...

. Prior to joining the Senate, Carle was involved in local politics, first as a councilor on the Regional council of Rhône-Alpes And later as a councilor for the department of Haute-Savoie. He won his Senate seat in the

2014 French Senate election The 2014 French senate election was held on 28 September 2014 and featured results which saw the senate being reclaimed by the centre-right party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). The right-wing conservative victory reversed the results which c ...

and was re-elected in

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...

and

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. In 2018, he resigned his seat to make way for Sylviane Noël, who became the first woman Senator from Haute-Savoie. Carle died on 13 December 2019 at the age of 71.

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1948 births 2019 deaths The Republicans (France) politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians French Senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Haute-Savoie Politicians from Chambéry {{France-politician-UMP-stub