André Delelis is a French

French people

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 politician

Politician

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. He served as the Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry from 1981 to 1984, under former President François Mitterand.

Biography

André Delelis was born on 23 May 1924 in Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour

Cauchy-à-la-Tour is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and ex-coalmining village some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads....

, France

France

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. He was a Socialist

Socialist Party (France)

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 member of the National Assembly of France from 14 June 1981 to 24 July 1981. He was a member of the French Senate

French Senate

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 from 1982 to 1993. From 1966 to 1998, he was the Mayor of Lens

Lens, Pas-de-Calais

Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.-Metropolitan area:...

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