What is Patrick Devedjian?
[[File:Patrick Devedjian (46823999554) (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Patrick Devedjian''' ({{lang-hy|Պատրիկ Դևեջյան}}; 26 August 1944 – 29 March 2020) was a [[France|French]] [[politician]]. He was a member of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) party. He was a close adviser of [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], starting in the 1990s. From 1983 to 2002, he was Mayor of [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]]. He was Minister under the [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]] in charge of the Implementation of the Recovery Plan beginning in December 2008. In 2007, Devedjian became President of the General Council of [[Hauts-de-Seine]]. Devedjian was born in [[Fontainebleau]], [[Seine-et-Marne]]. He died on 29 March 2020 of [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]] in [[Antony, Hauts-de-Seine|Antony]], aged 75.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Coronavirus : Patrick Devedjian, président des Hauts-de-Seine et ancien ministre, est mort du virus de Wuhan|language=fr-FR|work=[[Le Monde]]|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/live/2020/03/29/coronavirus-suivez-en-direct-la-journee-du-dimanche-29-mars_6034801_3244.html|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Coronavirus : l'ancien ministre Patrick Devedjian est décédé|language=fr-FR|work=[[Le Parisien]]|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/l-ancien-ministre-patrick-devedjian-est-decede-29-03-2020-8290056.php|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Devedjian, Patrick}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French mayors]] [[Category:Politicians from Hauts-de-Seine]] [[Category:People from Fontainebleau]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in France]] {{bio-stub}}