Nicolas Alfonsi (13 April 1936 – 16 March 2020) was a French politician, member of the

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, representing the department of

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Biography

He was born in

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. He was a member of the

Radical Party of the Left The Radical Party of the Left (, PRG) is a social-liberal political party in France. A party in the Radical tradition, since 1972 the PRG has been a close ally of the major party of the centre-left in France, the Socialist Party (, PS). Af ...

, and was by profession a

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. He was re-elected on September 21, 2008, in the first round. In this capacity, he served as Vice-President of the Senate's Committee on Laws from 2008 to 2014. He also served as interim President of the Assembly of Corsica in 1998, following health issues faced by Jean-Paul de Rocca Serra. He did not run for re-election in the 2014 senatorial elections in September. Married, he is the father of three children. Alfonsi died on 16 March 2020, of

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Honor

Knight of

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(2015)

References

External links

Page on the Senate website
1936 births 2020 deaths People from Corse-du-Sud Radical Party of the Left politicians Deputies of the 5th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 7th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 8th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Corsica Members of Parliament for Corse-du-Sud French senators of the Fifth Republic Senators of Corse-du-Sud Mayors of places in Corsica Knights of the Legion of Honour Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France {{CorseSud-politician-stub