Pierre-Jean Samot (21 August 1934 – 14 June 2024) was a politician from Martinique. He was

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Le Lamentin Le Lamentin (; ; ) is a city and town, located in the French overseas department and region of Martinique. With its area of 62.32 km2, it is the town with the largest area in Martinique. Le Lamentin, with close to 40,000 inhabitants, is the ...

from 1989 to 2018. In the

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he was elected to the

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from Martinique's 3rd constituency. However, his election was invalidated by the Constitutional Council on 27 February 2003 and he was replaced by his substitute Philippe Edmond-Mariette. Samot died on 14 June 2024, at the age of 89.

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page on the French National Assembly website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Samot, Pierre-Jean 1934 births 2024 deaths People from Fort-de-France Martinican Communist Party politicians Build the Martinique Country politicians French people of Martiniquais descent Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Black French politicians