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rené monory gérard larcher blaise , ardennes jacques chirac nicolas sarkozy ump 24 march 1928 president of the senate 1 october 1998 christian poncelet par claude truong-ngoc octobre 2013.jpg christian poncelet
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christian poncelet

christian poncelet -lrb- born 24 march 1928 -rrb- is a conservative french politician .
a member of president nicolas sarkozy 's union for a popular movement -lrb- ump -rrb- , he was president of the senate from 1998 to 2008 .
in addition to being a senator , he was mayor of remiremont -lrb- vosges -rrb- and has been the president of the general council of vosges .
