caption constituency birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end occupation
philippe adnot aube canton de méry-sur-seine france independent/mouvement libéral et modéré senator aube councillor , general council of aube , french senate president , general council of 25 august 1945 24 september 1989 july 1990 1982 france philippe adnot
 incumbent incumbent farmer
philippe adnot

philippe adnot -lrb- born 25 august 1945 in rhèges -rrb- is a member of the senate of france .
he was first elected in 1989 , and represents the aube department .
a farmer by profession , he serves as an independent , and also serves as the head of the general council of aube , to which he was elected to represent the canton of méry-sur-seine in 1980 .
in 1998 and 2008 , he was re-elected to the senate in the first round , avoiding the need for a run-off vote .
having contributed to the creation of the university of technology of troyes , in 1998 he was made the first vice president of the university board , of which he is currently the president .
he is a member of the senate 's committee on the laws relating to the freedoms and responsibilities of universities .
as of 2009 , he serves as the delegate from the administrative meeting for senators not on the list of another group he is decorated as a chevalier of the ordre national de mérite agricole .
