Léon Bertrand
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French Minister of Tourism
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| Assumed office 1983 |
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| Born | May 11, 1951 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni |
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| Political party | UMP |
| Occupation | politician |
| Website | Government site |
Léon Bertrand is a politician born on 11 May 1951 in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana. Previously a professor of physics and biology, he was elected mayor of Saint-Laurent in 1983 and has remained in office ever since, despite his successful nomination to the cabinet of Jacques Chirac. A member of the UMP and a known confidante of the President, he was named French minister of Tourism two years after the French presidential election, 2002, a post that he occupies to this day.
[edit] Political career
- 1983 - : Mayor of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- 1982- 1988 : Representative of Guyane for the canton of Saint-Laurent.
- 1983 - 2003 : Conseiller régional de Guyane réélu et démissionne en 2004
- 1987 - 2002 : President of the Administrative council of the Real Estate Council of Guiana.
- 1988 - RPR and then UMP-aligned Député of the Second Circumscription of French Guiana
- 1989 - 2002 : President of the Administrative Council of the Mixed Economy society of North-West Guiana.
- 2001 - present : President of the Community of Communes of Western Guiana.
- 2002 - 2004 : Secretary of State for Tourism.
- 2004 - : Minister for Tourism
