Michel Sainte-Marie (18 August 1938 – 27 February 2019) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Gironde department, and was a member of the Socialist, radical, citizen and miscellaneous left (SRC) party.

Biography

Before entering politics, Sainte-Marie was a high school teacher of mathematics, physics and chemistry. From 1974 to 2014 he was

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, a

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in the Gironde. Concurrently, from 1977 to 1983 he was president of

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, a grouping of communes centred on the city of

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. From 1973 to 2012, he was a member of the National Assembly for

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, sitting as a member of the SRC group. He was a member of the (National Defense and Armed Forces Commission) and was President of the France – Oman friendship group.

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