- Léon Bertrand
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name = Léon Bertrand
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office = French Minister of Tourism
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office2 =Mayor ofSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni
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birth_date = birth date and age|1951|05|11
birth_place =Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
party = UMP
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website = [http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/acteurs/biographie_5/leon_bertrand_ministre_delegue_50079.html Government site]
footnotes =Léon Bertrand is a politician born on
11 May 1951 inSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni ,French Guiana . Previously a professor ofphysics andbiology , he was elected mayor of Saint-Laurent in 1983 and has remained in office ever since, despite his successful nomination to the cabinet ofJacques Chirac . A member of the UMP and a knownconfidante of the President, he was named French minister ofTourism two years after theFrench presidential election, 2002 , a post that he occupies to this day.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-alignedDéputé 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 TourismExternal links
* [http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/acteurs/biographie_5/leon_bertrand_ministre_delegue_50079.html Page for Bertrand on premier-ministre.gouv.fr]
* [http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/villepin/ministere_delegue_tourisme_m235/index.html About Bertrand and his ministry]
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