Serge Lepeltier is a French

France

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 politician

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.

He studied at École des Hautes Études Commerciales.

He was mayor

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 of Bourges

Bourges

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 in 1995 and again in 2001. He was elected senator of the Cher

Cher (département)

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 département on September 27, 1998.

He won the municipal elections in Bourges

Bourges

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 in 1995 over the communist candidate.

He briefly acted as President of the Rally for the Republic

Rally for the Republic

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 in 2002 after Michèle Alliot-Marie

Michèle Alliot-Marie

Michèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, born 10 September 1946 and nicknamed MAM, is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement . A member of all but one right-wing governments of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense , the...

 was nominated as Minister of Defence, and just before the Party was officially dissolved within the Union for a Popular Movement

Union for a Popular Movement

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.

On March 31, 2004, Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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's government announced a reshuffle because of the massive losses in the French regional elections

French regional elections, 2004

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. Serge Lepeltier became Minister of the Environment

Minister of the Environment (France)

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, while Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, generally known as Roselyne Bachelot , is a French politician, current Minister of Solidarities and Social Cohesion, and a member of the Union for a Popular Movement, which is part of the European People's PartyShe was the French Minister for Health and Sports until 14...

 was dismissed.

In 2005 Serge Lepeltier joined the Radical Party.