Bernard Pons

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Bernard Pons (18 July 1926 – 27 April 2022) was a French politician and medical doctor. He was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic from 1971 to 1976 and a member of the Rally for the Republic party after. He was the Minister for Transport from 1995 until 1997.[1] He was an advisor for the Union for a Popular Movement until 2008 after his retirement from active politics in 2002.[2] Pons was also a member of the National Assembly from 1997 until 2002. Pons was born in Béziers, France.

Pons died on 27 April 2022 in Aigues-Mortes, France at the age of 95.[3]

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  1. ↑ Gildea, Robert (1996). France Since 1945. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-219246-2.
  2. ↑ "BERNARD PONS – Biographies – WHO'S WHO in FRANCE". Whoswho.fr. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
  3. ↑ Bernard Pons, ancien ministre et secrétaire général du RPR, est mort (in French)
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