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Christian Bourquin
Christian Bourquin
	Christian Bourquin (2007)
President of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon
	In office; 2010–2014
Preceded by	Georges Frêche
Succeeded by	Damien Alary
Personal details
Born	7 October 1954; Saint-Féliu-d'Amont, France
Died	26 August 2014 (aged 59); Montpellier, France
Political party	Socialist Party

Christian Bourquin (French pronunciation: [kʁistjɑ̃ buʁkɛ̃] ^ⓘ; 7 October 1954 – 26 August 2014) was a French politician, a member of the Socialist Party. He was the president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon from 2010^[1] to his death in August 2014.

Biography

Bourquin was born at Saint-Féliu-d'Amont, Pyrenees-Orientales. He was elected Mayor of Millas in 1995, holding the post until 2001.^[2] Bourquin died of cancer, aged 59, at Montpellier, Hérault.^[3]

Deputy in the French National Assembly for the 3rd canton of Pyrénées-Orientales (1997 to 2002)^[4]
Member of the PS National Office (2005 to 2008)
General council of Pyrénées-Orientales Canton of Millas, from 1994 to 2010.^[5]
Chairman of the General Council of the Pyrénées-Orientales, from 1998 to 2010.^[1]
1st vice-president of the Regional Council of Languedoc-Roussillon in charge of Finance from 2004 to 2010.^[6]
After the death of Georges Frêche, president of the Languedoc-Roussillon region, in October 2010, six months after his reelection, Christian Bourquin was elected president.
In September 2010, Bourquin was elected as senator for Pyrénées-Orientales constituency.