Bernard Debré (30 September 194413 September 2020) was a French

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and a member (

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) of the

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. He was one of the representatives of the city of

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, and was a member of the

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. He is a son of Anne-Marie Lemaresquier and politician

Michel Debré Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 ...

, who was

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, and twin-brother of

Jean-Louis Debré Jean-Louis Debré (; 30 September 1944 – 4 March 2025) was a French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.

Biography

Bernard Debré attended the

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, a private school. He died from cancer on 13 September 2020 in

at the age of 75. His brother

François François () is a French language, French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis (given name), Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * Voltaire, Fran ...

died on the next day.

References

1944 births 2020 deaths Knights of the Legion of Honour Councillors of Paris Deaths from cancer in France Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic French people of Jewish descent French urologists Mayors of places in Centre-Val de Loire Physicians from Toulouse Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni The Popular Right The Republicans (France) politicians French twins Children of prime ministers of France {{France-politician-UMP-stub