Alain Bertrand (23 February 1951 – 3 March 2020) was a French politician. Born in
Saint-Juéry, Tarn
Saint-Juéry (; ) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. It lies adjacent to the east of Albi, the prefecture of Tarn.
Population
Steel industry
The Saut-du-Tarn Steel Works was established by Léon Talabot in Saint-Juéry ...
, he was originally a member of the
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
before switching to
LREM
Renaissance (RE) is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist or centre-right. The party was originally known as (EM) and later (, LREM, LaREM or REM), before adopting its current name in September 2022 ...
.
At the time of his death, Bertrand had served as the
Senate
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's representative of the
Lozère
Lozère (; ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the ...
department since 2012. He was mayor of
Mende from 2008 to 2016. He also previously served as the vice-president of the
regional council of
Languedoc-Roussillon
Languedoc-Roussillon (; ; ) is a former regions of France, administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania (administrative region), Occitania. It comprised five departments o ...
from 2004 to 2011.
On 3 March 2020, Bertrand died in Mende of an unspecified illness, at the age of 69.
References
External links
Alain Bertrand profile
1951 births
2020 deaths
21st-century mayors of places in France
French senators of the Fifth Republic
Renaissance (French political party) politicians
Mayors of places in Occitania (administrative region)
People from Tarn (department)
Senators of Lozère
Socialist Party (France) politicians
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