Christian Bourquin

French politician

Christian Bourquin
Christian Bourquin (2007)

President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon
In office 2010–2014
Preceded by	Georges Frêche
Succeeded by	Damien Alary

Personal details
Born	(1954-10-07)7 October 1954 Saint-Féliu-d'Amont, France
Died	26 August 2014(2014-08-26) (aged 59) Montpellier, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Christian Bourquin (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ buʁkɛ̃] ^ⓘ; 7 October 1954 – 26 August 2014) was a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party. He was the president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2010^[1] to his death in August 2014.

Biography

Bourquin was born at Saint-Féliu-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales. He was elected Mayor of Millas in 1995, holding the post until 2001.^[2] Bourquin died of cancer, aged 59, at Montpellier, Hérault.^[3]

Elected office

Deputy in the French National Assembly for the 3rd canton of Pyrénées-Orientales (1997 to 2002)^[4]
Member of the PS National Office (2005 to 2008)
General council of Pyrénées-Orientales Canton of Millas, from 1994 to 2010.^[5]
Chairman of the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, from 1998 to 2010.^[1]
1st vice-president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon in charge of Finance from 2004 to 2010.^[6]
After the death of Georges Frêche, president of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, in October 2010, six months after his reelection, Christian Bourquin was elected president.
In September 2010, Bourquin was elected as senator for Pyrénées-Orientales constituency.

References

^ ^a ^b [1] Archived April 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Mairie de MILLAS". Mairie-millas.fr.
^ (in French) Sophie Babey, « Christian Bourquin est décédé », L'Indépendant, 26 August 2014
^ "M. Christian Bourquin". Assemblee-nationale.fr.
^ "Résultats des élections cantonales 2008 / Cantonales / Les résultats / Elections - Ministère de l'Intérieur" (in French). Interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
^ [2] Archived December 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine