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Philippe Adnot (born 25 August 1945 in Rhèges,
Aube Aube ( ) is a French departments of France, department in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube (river), Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),
) is a member of the
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. A farmer by profession, he first entered the Senate, where he sits as an
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, in October 1989. Elected as a representative of the Aube department, he was until 10 May 2017 also president of its
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, to which he was first elected in 1982 to represent the former canton of Méry-sur-Seine; subsequently (from April 2015) he represented the newly created canton of Creney-près-Troyes. In 1998 and 2008, he was re-elected to the Senate in the first round, avoiding the need for a run-off vote. Having contributed to the creation of the
University of Technology of Troyes The University of Technology of Troyes (''Université de Technologie de Troyes''; ''UTT'') is a French university, in the academy of Reims. The UTT is part of the network of the three universities of technology, found by the University of Tech ...
, in 1998 he was made the first Vice President of the University board, of which he is currently the President. He is a member of the Senate's committee on the laws relating to the freedoms and responsibilities of Universities. As of 2009, he serves as the Delegate from the Administrative Meeting for Senators not on the list of another Group. He is decorated as a Chevalier of the Ordre National de
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Page on the French Senate website
1945 births French senators of the Fifth Republic Knights of the Order of Agricultural Merit Living people Senators of Aube {{Aube-politician-stub