Patrick Devedjian

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Patrick Devedjian
President of the General Council of Hauts-de-Seine
In office 1 June 2007 – 28 March 2020
Preceded by	Nicolas Sarkozy
Succeeded by	Georges Siffredi (interim)
Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 13th constituency
In office 2010–2017
Preceded by	Georges Siffredi
Succeeded by	Frédérique Dumas
Mayor of Antony
In office 1983–2002
Preceded by	André Aubry
Succeeded by	Raymond Sibille
Minister under the Prime Minister in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan [fr]
In office 5 December 2008 – 13 November 2010
President	Nicolas Sarkozy
Prime Minister	François Fillon
Personal details
Born	(1944-08-26)26 August 1944 Fontainebleau, France
Died	28 March 2020(2020-03-28) (aged 75) Antony, France
Cause of death	COVID-19
Political party	The Republicans
Education	Lycée Condorcet
Alma mater	Panthéon-Assas University
Profession	Lawyer
Awards	Order of Makarios III, Order of Honor (Armenia)

Patrick Devedjian (26 August 1944 – 28 March 2020) was a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party. A close adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy since the 1990s, he was Minister under the Prime Minister in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan, a special ministerial post created for two years following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, a tenure which commenced in December 2008. He was of Armenian descent. In the night of 28 to 29 March 2020, he died of COVID-19 during the coronavirus pandemic.^[1]