Patrice Tirolien is a French politician who served in the French National Assembly

French National Assembly

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 from 1995-1997 and is also a Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 elected in the 2009 European election

European Parliament election, 2009 (France)

European elections to elect 72 French Members of the European Parliament were held on Sunday 7 June 2009.Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 seats to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats...

 for the Overseas

Overseas Territories of France (European Parliament constituency)

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 constituency. He is also mayor of Grand-Bourg.

In the 2009 European elections, he was the PS candidate in the Atlantic Section of the Overseas constituency, and his candidacy was locally supported by all anti-independence parties. The PS won one seat in the constituency with 20.26% of the votes, and since the PS obtained its highest result in the Atlantic Section, Tirolien was elected to the European Parliament

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