Yann Gaillard is a French

France

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 politician

Politician

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 and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Aube

Aube

Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.- History :Aube is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 department and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement

Union for a Popular Movement

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 Party.

He was appointed to the Senate following the death of Bernard Laurent, for whom Gaillard was the substitute at the time. Elected for the first time in the elections of 27 September 1998, he was re-elected in the election

French Senate election, 2008

Indirect Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate on 21 September 2008. With this election, the number of senators was increased from 331 to 343; Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin elected two senators each for the first time...

of 21 September 2008, where he was awarded the second seat in Aubes.

He is a member, and the Rapporteur, for the Finance commission.