André Damien
André Damien | |
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| Mayor of Versailles | |
| In office 1977–1995 | |
| Preceded by | André Mignot |
| Succeeded by | Étienne Pinte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 July 1930 Paris, France |
| Died | 5 March 2019 (aged 88) Versailles, France |
| Alma mater | Sorbonne |
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André Damien (10 July 1930 – 5 March 2019) was a French lawyer and politician who served as the head of the French Bar Association.[1]
A Supreme Court Justice of France from 1981 until 1997, he also served as Mayor of Versailles as well as being elected a Deputy in the National Assembly.[2]
Damien authored numerous works on legal and historical matters.[3]
Damien died on 5 March 2019 at the age of 88.[4]
Elected offices
[edit]- Mayor of Versailles (1977–95)
- Counsellor-General for Yvelines (1979–98)
- Deputy for Yvelines (1996–97).
Honours
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Grand officier, Légion d'honneur
Commandeur, ordre national du Mérite
Commandeur, ordre des Palmes académiques
Commandeur, ordre du Mérite agricole
Commandeur, ordre des Arts et Lettres
Grand Cross, pro Merito Melitensi.
References
[edit]- ^ www.whoswho.fr
- ^ www.assemblee-nationale.fr
- ^ "www.sorbonne.fr". Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ L’ancien maire de Versailles André Damien est décédé
External links
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Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2019 deaths
- Politicians from Paris
- People from Versailles
- University of Paris alumni
- Members of the Conseil d'État (France)
- French Roman Catholics
- Knights of Malta
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite
- Commanders of the Order of Agricultural Merit
- Recipients of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
- Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 20th-century French politicians
- 20th-century French lawyers
- Mayors of places in Île-de-France