Georges Fontès
Fontès in 2011
General Councillor of Hérault
In office
26 March 1982  2 April 2015
Preceded byPierre Brousse
Mayor of Béziers
In office
18 March 1983  24 March 1989
Preceded byPaul Balmigère
Succeeded byAlain Barrau
Deputy of Hérault
In office
16 March 1986  1 April 1986
Succeeded byRené Couveinhes
State Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
In office
20 March 1986  10 May 1988
Preceded byJean Laurain
Succeeded byJacques Mellick
Personal details
Born5 September 1924
Béziers, France
Died3 March 2020(2020-03-03) (aged 95)
Béziers, France
Political partyUMP
OccupationPolitician

Georges Fontès (5 September 1924 – 3 March 2020) was a French politician.[1] He was first a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), then the Rally for the Republic (RPR), and finally the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).

Biography

Fontès was the son of a truck driver and a housekeeper. He was excluded from the Grand Orient de France for "inassuidity".[2] He was in favor of reestablishing the death penalty in France.

Honors

References

  1. "L'ancien maire de Béziers Georges Fontès est mort, il avait 96 ans". France Bleu (in French). 3 March 2020.
  2. "Georges Fontès - Le frère sans obédience". L'Express (in French). 23 October 2008.
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