François Patriat [SEP] position held
François Patriat
François Patriat (born 21 March 1943 in Semur-en-Auxois, Côte-d'Or) is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Côte-d'Or department. He was a member of the Socialist Party from 1974 to 2017 before defecting to La République En Marche!. He currently leads the senate group for La République En Marche!.
References.
- Page on the Senate website
France, Burgundy and Franche-Comté once again became two separate regions, first as public establishments in 1972, then as territorial collectivities in 1982.
On 14 April 2014, François Patriat and Marie-Guite Dufay (the presidents of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, respectively) announced in a press conference the desire for the reunification of the two regions, further to the declarations of Prime Minister Manuel Valls, who proposed a simplification of the administrative divisions of France.
On 2 June 2014 a map presented by President François