Serge Roques
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Serge Roques is a French politician and Mayor of Villefranche-de-Rouergue
(Aveyron
). He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement
.
Roques was first elected for the Union for French Democracy
(UDF) to represent Aveyron's 2nd constituency
in 1993, but he was defeated by Jean Rigal in 1997. He returned to the National Assembly representing the same constituency in 2002 but was defeated for re-election in 2007. He is also Mayor of Villefranche-de-Rouergue
, the major city in the 2nd constituency.
Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.-History:At the end of the Albigensian Crusade from the northern "barons" against the southern Occitania on a religious pretext , the Count of Toulouse was defeated and concluded the treaty of Paris in 1229...
(Aveyron
Aveyron
Aveyron is a département in southern France named after the Aveyron River.- History :Aveyron is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790....
). He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
.
Roques was first elected for the Union for French Democracy
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
(UDF) to represent Aveyron's 2nd constituency
Aveyron's 2nd constituency
The 2nd constituency of the Aveyron is a French legislative constituency in the Aveyron département.-Deputies:-2007: -Sources:* Official results of French elections from 1998:...
in 1993, but he was defeated by Jean Rigal in 1997. He returned to the National Assembly representing the same constituency in 2002 but was defeated for re-election in 2007. He is also Mayor of Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue
Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France.-History:At the end of the Albigensian Crusade from the northern "barons" against the southern Occitania on a religious pretext , the Count of Toulouse was defeated and concluded the treaty of Paris in 1229...
, the major city in the 2nd constituency.