Jean-Pierre Defontaine

Jean-Pierre Defontaine
Member of the French National Assembly
In office
3 April 1978 – 17 June 2007
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byJacqueline Maquet
ConstituencyPas-de-Calais's 1st constituency
General Councilor of the Canton of Avesnes-le-Comte
In office
2004–2015
Preceded byLouis Petit
Succeeded byMaryse Delassus
Michel Petit
Member of the Regional Council of Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
In office
17 March 1986 – 15 March 1998
Mayor of Hénin-sur-Cojeul
In office
14 March 1983 – 18 June 1996
Preceded byJean Antoniazzi
Succeeded byPierre Roussez
Personal details
Born(1937-02-04)4 February 1937
Mametz, France
Died1 January 2022(2022-01-01) (aged 84)
Hénin-sur-Cojeul, France
Political partyPRG

Jean-Pierre Defontaine (4 February 1937 – 1 January 2022) was a French politician. A member of the Radical Party of the Left, he served Pas-de-Calais's 1st constituency from 1978 to 2007.[1] He also served as President of the football club RC Lens from 1976 to 1979.[2] In 2015, a multipurpose venue was named after him in Hénin-sur-Cojeul.[3] Defontaine died on 1 January 2022, at the age of 82.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "M. Jean-Pierre Defontaine". Assemblée nationale (in French).
  2. ^ "L'ancien président du RC Lens, Jean-Pierre Defontaine, est mort à l'âge de 84 ans". L'Équipe (in French). 1 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Hénin-sur-Cojeul : plus spacieux, plus fonctionnel... Le nouvel espace polyvalent prend forme". La Voix du Nord (in French). Hénin-sur-Cojeul. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Monsieur Jean-Pierre DEFONTAINE". Libra Memoria (in French). 5 January 2022.