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unusual facts about French Senate



Begnon-Damien Kone

Begnon-Damien Kone (born 1921-1922? in Tengrela, Burkina Faso, and died February 10, 1986 in Colombes, France) was a Burkinabe politician who was elected to the French Senate in 1958 .

Franz Stock

The archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, celebrated Pontifical High Mass in the presence of many French and German bishops, and of René Monory, President of the French Senate and of Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, who, beforehand, had laid down a wreath on Stock's grave.

Jean-Paul Denanot

In September 2008, Bernadette Bourzai resigned from the Parliament, due to her election to the French Senate, and Denanot took her place.

Louis Ignacio-Pinto

Louis Ignacio-Pinto (born June 21 1903 in Porto-Novo, Benin, and died May 24 1984 in Dourdan, France) was a politician from Benin who served in the French Senate from 1947-1955.

Lucius-Duquesnes Gustave

Lucius-Duquesnes Gustave (born September 24, 1893 in Sainte-Anne, Guadeloupe, and died July 15, 1972 in Paris) was a politician from Guadeloupe who represented and served Togo in the French Senate from 1946-1952 .

Monique de Bissy

She died on November 17, 2009, six months after receiving the Légion d'Honneur from French Senator Jacqueline Gourault in the name of President Nicolas Sarkozy for her contribution to Peace and Freedom during World War II.

Robert Ajavon

Robert Ajavon (born April 10, 1910 in Lome, Togo) was a Togolese politician who served in the French Senate from 1952-1958 .

Yacouba Sido

Yacouba Sido (born 1910 in Maine Soroa, Niger, and died November 15 1988 in Tanout) was a Nigerien politician who served in the French Senate from 1952-1958 .


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