The president of the Hauts-de-Seine departmental council and former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy Patrick Devedjian (LR) died in the night from Saturday to Sunday from the consequences of the coronavirus, his press service announced to AFP. Diagnosed positive for Covid-19, the 75-year-old politician had been placed under observation Wednesday in a hospital of the department.
Thursday, he had indicated in a tweet to be "affected by the epidemic, therefore able to testify directly to the exceptional work of doctors and all caregivers". "Tired but stabilized thanks to them, I go back up the hill and send them a very big thank you for their constant help to all the patients," he added.
I am affected by the epidemic, therefore able to bear witness directly to the exceptional work of the doctors and all the nursing staff. Tired but stabilized thanks to them, I go back up the hill and send them a very big thank you for their constant help to all the patients.
- Patrick Devedjian (@DevedjianP) March 26, 2020Gérard Larcher, President of the Senate immediately reacted on Twitter: “It is a great sadness to learn of the death of Patrick Devedjian. Courageous man and totally devoted to his city of Antony and Hauts-de-Seine. Condolences to his family and his teams ”.
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A lawyer by profession, Patrick Devedjian was a deputy for the 13th district of Hauts-de-Seine from 1986 to 2017, mayor of Antony from 1983 to 2002 and elected departmental councilor in 2004. He chaired the department since 2007. He was also a member - word of the RPR from 1999 to 2001 and general secretary of the UMP from 2007 to 2008 and occupied several governmental functions. Married, he had four children.
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